Sor juana 16511695 was a fiery feminist and a woman ahead of her time. Sor juana ines her cell in the cloister became the meeting place of many intellectuals and poets. She was born november 12, 1651, in san miguel nepantla, a. Scrisse anche commedie, lettere, autos sacramentales e villancicos. Included also is a slideshow in pdf format in spanish to provide students with. We are honored to present to you the greatest poet the american continent produced in the seventeenth century. You foolish men who lay the guilt on women, not seeing youre the cause of the very thing you blame if you invite their disdain with measureless desire. Sister joan agnes of the cross was born on 12 november 1651. Iconic mexican women at the threshold of a new century pdf. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website.
The download includes an english version for beginners and a. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. She was known in her lifetime as the tenth muse, or the phoenix of america. There is a difference between the european baroque and that of new spain. Despite what i have been saying so far, sor juanas work is not simply a copy of contemporary european styles. Sor juanas work does not offer us a fetishistic glimpse at the inner workings of the female psyche, nor can it provide us with a polemical base upon which to build a psychoanalytical discourse of or on female desire, as has notoriously been the case with the work of santa teresa and the modern french psychoanalyst jacques lacan. Sor juana didnt really have a strong religious vocation but knew that by becoming a nun instead of getting married she would be able to pursue her intellectual goals. She was a selftaught scholar and poet of the baroque school, and hieronymite nun of new spain, known in her lifetime as the tenth muse. Sergio gallegos, john jay college of criminal injustice. Due to her spanish ancestry and mexican birth, juana is considered a criolla.
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