The Three Secular Plays of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: A Critical Study

" Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695) wrote poetry, prose, and plays and is considered the greatest of Mexican women writers. She was an intellectual prodigy, reportedly mastering Latin in twenty lessons, and at sixteen she entered a convent so that she might continue her learning. One of the most influential early feminists in the New World, she answered a bishop's criticism in a letter that has become a classic defense of the education of women. She collected a private library of 4,000 volu

Author: Guillermo Schmidhuber
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 03/09/2000
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780813120881

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2000 pg. 336
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2000 pg. 188

About the Author

Critic and playwright Guillermo Schmidhuber is Secretary of Culture for Jalisco state in Mexico.

Shelby Thacker teaches Spanish at Asbury College.

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