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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 Villasenor Black.

· Diana Taylor’s interview with Jesusa Rodríguez about performing “First Dream.”

· A Chronology and Selected Bibliography.