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Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz: Selected Works
Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz: Selected Works | Juana Ines De La Cruz
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Sor Juana (1651 1695) was a fiery feminist and a woman ahead of her time. Like Simone de Beauvoir, she was very much a public intellectual. Her contemporaries called her "the Tenth Muse" and "the Phoenix of Mexico," names that continue to resonate. An illegitimate child, self-taught intellectual, and court favorite, she rose to the height of fame as a writer in Mexico City during the Spanish Golden Age.This volume includes Sor Juana's best-known works: "First Dream," her longest poem and the one that showcases her prodigious intellect and range, and "Response of the Poet to the Very Eminent Sor Filotea de la Cruz," her epistolary feminist defense evocative of Mary Wollstonecraft and Emily Dickinson of a woman's right to study and to write. Thirty other works playful ballads, extraordinary sonnets, intimate poems of love, and a selection from an allegorical play with a distinctive New World flavor are also included."
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Faibka
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“ A vivir ignorado
de tus luces, me ausento
donde ni aun mi mal sirva
a tu desdén de obsequio. “

“To live unobserved
by your eyes, I now go
where never pain of mine
need flatter your disdain.”

Whenever you get the chance, please check out the life and works of this remarkable woman from the 17th century. Called “The Tenth Muse” Her poems are an exquisite example of the Baroque style.

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flockingmolly
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And if it is inopportune/ for you that I lack a soul,/ in me you can instill one/ of the many you have captured:/ for since I gave her soul to you/ and my being names itself yours,/ [...] / you are the soul of this body,/ and the body of this shadow.

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Faibka
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Still missing a couple, what did I get myself into? 😳

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emilyhaldi Aggressive!! 👏🏻 8y
LitLogophile This is an amazing challenge! One of the best classes I ever took was a Russian literature course where we read literature, poetry, pamphlets, etc. from each new political period through the centuries. I learned so much about Russia from that experience - imagine what you will learn ; 8y
britt_brooke I'm intimidated by those big books! 😱 8y
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Jaimelire IQ84...really enjoyed that one. Totally different! 8y
CAGirlReading I love this stack!💖💖💖 8y
Jae Montaigne! How wonderful! I have had him sitting on my desk for about a year now. Clearly, it's time he came off the TBR list. 8y
[DELETED] 3323341091 that is a fabulous stack! 8y
Faibka @emilyhaldi I know it's crazy! But the only way I'll ever get to these books 8y
Faibka @lostlogophile wow, sounds like a wonderful class! I'm definitely hoping to get a better point of view of different times and places 8y
Faibka @britt_brooke Me too! I'm almost starting to regret it but it's a motivation to get to them finally. No rush! 😊 8y
Faibka @Jaimelire cool! I love unique and original reads, I'm really looking forward to it 8y
Faibka @CAGirlReading thanks! I'm trying not to feel too intimidated 8y
Faibka @Jae oh yes! Been meaning to get to Montaigne for the longest time! we should do a buddy read :) 8y
Faibka @fern thanks! Sadly most of these beauties have been sitting on the shelves collecting dust so now it's book spine cracking time! 2017 is the year for Ulysses, I'm so excited! 8y
Jae @Faibka A buddy read sounds like the go! Let me know when you get to him. 8y
Faibka @Jae Wonderful! 😃 I will! I think Ulysses will be first though, another one I've been putting off for too long 8y
Jae @Faibka You've inspired me! I'm breaking out Ulysses today! My copy was given to me by my old high school teacher a long time ago. It has been around the world with me, but never read! I can already feel it sending out happy vibrations. 8y
Faibka @Jae Yay!!! That's wonderful! 😃 and so nice that you have a special copy which makes it more meaningful 😊💕 I still need to do some de-cluttering today but now I'm feeling excited to get to it 8y
Jae Back to hospital with husband yesterday. Gall bladder this time. Books and Litsy are the only things that are getting me through this with my sanity in tact. 8y
Faibka @Jae I'm so sorry to hear that... I hope everything goes well, hang in there, sending a lot of hugs and my best thoughts for a fast recovery 💜💕 8y
Tsubame I think I'll try this millennium challenge too, it's so interesting! 😃 8y
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