Publisher's Synopsis
Over 20,000 net units sold of 1994 edition. Contains new and updated materials: the letter from Sor Filotea; seven new poems; preface to the second edition reflects new scholarship-especially about Sor Juana's mysterious death-in the many academic fields in which Sor Juana is taught; and selected bibliography points to on-line research and major new books and articles on Sor Juana. Offers detailed annotation in clear, succinct form that makes accessible Sor Juana's complex baroque style, intelligence, and wit. Competing translations contain linguistic inaccuracies and lack thorough contextualization of recent scholarship on the period. Sor Juana has an iconic place in modern Mexico (her face appears on the $200 peso and she has been portrayed in several movies, plays, and novels) and she has a number of literary champions including Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz, who wrote Sor Juana Or, the Traps of Faith, a contemplation of her poetry, life, and times. The Sor Juana Festival is a multidisciplinary festival that honors the legacy of Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz and pays tribute to the rich artistic accomplishments of Mexican women from Mexico and the United States. Celebrated in Chicago, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, with plans of further expansion into other states, it is the largest Mexican performing arts festival in the country and the only festival of its kind dedicated to Mexican women.
