{"product_id":"the-answer-la-respuesta-expanded-edition-including-sor-filoteas-letter-and-new-selected-poems-9781558615984","title":"The Answer \/ La Respuesta (Expanded Edition): Including Sor Filotea's Letter and New Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDefiant writing by the first feminist of the Americas--the Mexican nun \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSor Juana In s de la Cruz--in response to the church officials that tried to silence her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnown as the first feminist of the Americas, the Mexican nun Sor Juana In s de la Cruz enjoyed an international reputation as one of the great lyric poets and dramatists of her time. \u003cem\u003eThe Answer\/La Respuesta\u003c\/em\u003e (1691) is is Sor Juana's impassioned response to years of attempts by church officials to silence her. While earlier translators have ignored Sor Juana's keen awareness of gender, this volume brings out her own emphasis and diction, and reveals the remarkable scholarship, subversiveness, and even humor she drew on in defense of her cause.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis expanded, bilingual edition combines new research and perspectives on an inspired writer and thinker. It includes the fully annotated primary text responding to the church officials; the letter that ultimately provoked the writing of \u003cem\u003eThe Answer\u003c\/em\u003e; an expanded selection of poems; an updated bibliography; and a new preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13568959\"\u003eSor Juana Inés de la Cruz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558615984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558615989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004280\"\u003eEuropean | Spanish \u0026amp; Portuguese\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT014000\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004050\"\u003eAmerican | Hispanic \u0026amp; Latino\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSor Juana Inés de la Cruz\u003c\/b\u003e (1648\/51-1695), a Mexican nun, was a brilliant poet, playwright, and essayist whose persistent defense of the intellectual rights of women brought her increasingly into conflict with church officials, who repeated tried to silence her. Sor Juana died by taking care her sister nuns during a plague in April 1695. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElecta Arenal\u003c\/b\u003e, professor emerita of Hispanic and Women's Studies (City University of New York), is a translator and specialist in Hispanic monastic women's culture. Listed in \u003ci\u003eFeminists Who Changed America\u003c\/i\u003e, Arenal's fourth co-authored book, an illustrated, critical edition of Sor Juana's \u003ci\u003eNeptuno alegórico\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Editorial Cátedra, in Spain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Powell\u003c\/b\u003e, award-winning poet and translator, teaches Latin American and Spanish literature and literary translation at the University of Oregon. Powell has published essays on: 16th- and 17th-century Spanish and Colonial Latin American women writers; convent writings; Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; the boom in women's love poetry across 17th century Europe; and literary translation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48889886900511,"sku":"1558615989","price":18.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_2acd3bc3-b3fa-4bde-b54e-9b60c94ab938.jpg?v=1719844990","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-answer-la-respuesta-expanded-edition-including-sor-filoteas-letter-and-new-selected-poems-9781558615984","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}