Poems, protest, and a dream : selected writings
A bilingual collection of revealing autobiographical sonnets, secular love poems, playful verses, reverential religious poetry, and lyrical tributes to New World culture. The text also includes a translation of Sor Juana's masterpiece the "Primero Sueno".
xlix, 254 pages ; 20 cm
9780140447033, 0140447032
1000771512
TRANSLATOR'S NOTEINTRODUCTIONSUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGA NOTE ON THE TEXTRESPONSE TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS POETESS SOR FILOTEA DE LA CRUZFIRST I DREAMROMANCESPrologue to the ReaderIn Reply to a Gentleman from Peru While by Grace I Am Inspired REDONDILLASA Philosophical SatireEPIGRAMSSatiric ReproachWhich RevealsA Much-Needed EyewashA Bit of Moral AdviceDemonstration to a SergeantDECIMAS She Assures that She Will Hold a Secret Accompanying a RingA Modest GiftShe Describes in DetailSONNETS She Attempts to Minimize the PraiseShe Laments Her FortuneBetter DeathSpiritedly, She Considers the ChoiceShe Distrusts, as Disguised CrueltyOne of Five Burlesque SonnetsShe Answers SuspicionsWhich Recounts How Fantasy Contents ItselfShe Resolves the QuestionVILLANCICOFragment from "Santa Catarina"THEATER, SACRED AND PROFANELoa for El Divino NarcisoFragment from Los Empenos de Una Casa NOTES
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