Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz Selected Works A Norton Critical Edition [Paperback]

2014 PEN USA Literary Award for Translation FinalistGrossman [renders] Sor Juanas rhythmic gifts in smart and elegant measures.Though the poetry fascinates, the most impressive part of this compact selection might be the prose at the end: Sor Juana's famous 50-page defense of her life, her studies, and her writings against antifeminist currents in the Church. This careful book may ignite new attention to Sor Juana in English, for which Grossman will deserve even more praise.Her language is a lesson in speaking to the moment and to the centuries both, and Edith Grossman captures its suggestiveness with a calm elegance.A wealth of background and analytical material makes Sor Juana's proto-feminist writings, newly translated, all the more compelling.