Woman of Genius: The Intellectual Autobiography of Sor Juana De LA Cruz
Woman of Genius: The Intellectual Autobiography of Sor Juana De LA Cruz
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A major declaration of women's intellectual freedom written by a Mexican nun in 1691 and published in Spain in 1701 after her death. This is the first English-language translation, first published in 1982 by a small New England press. The volume is bi-lingual, with the English translation and the original Spanish text on facing pages. Sor Juana today is one of the folklore heroines of Latin America.
Woman of Genius: The Intellectual Autobiography of Sor Juana De LA Cruz,Margaret Sayers Peden,Gabriel N. Seymour,Lime Rock Press,0915998157,1651-1695,17th century,Authors, Mexican,Biography,Biography / Autobiography,Juana Ines de la Cruz,,Literary,Literature: Classics,Mexico,Nuns,Religious,Sister,,Social conditions,Women
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