Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works: A Norton Critical Edition - Softcover

De La Cruz, Juana Inés

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Synopsis

A wealth of background and analytical material makes Sor Juana's proto-feminist writings, newly translated, all the more compelling.

2014 PEN USA Literary Award for Translation Finalist

This Norton Critical Edition includes:
· Edith Grossman’s acclaimed translations of the Tenth Muse’s best-known works.
· Introductory materials and explanatory footnotes by Anna More along with numerous images.
· Additional works by Sor Juana, related writings by Ovid, Saint Teresa of Ávila, and Diego Calleja, and historical interpretations.
· Seven critical essays by Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo, Irving Leonard, Octavio Paz, Georgina Sabat de Rivers, Yolanda Martinez-San Miguel, Emilie Bergmann, and Charlene Villaseñor Black.
· Diana Taylor’s interview with Jesusa Rodríguez about performing “First Dream.”
· A Chronology and Selected Bibliography.

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About the Authors

Anna More is Professor of Hispanic Literatures at the University of Brasília.

Acclaimed for her best-selling translations of Cervantes, Gabriel García Márquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman (1936―2023) received many awards including the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation.

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