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9780826320926 Academic Inspection Copy

Sor Juana's Second Dream

A Novel
  • ISBN-13: 9780826320926
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
  • By Alicia Gaspar de Alba
  • Price: AUD $57.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/01/2008
  • Format: Paperback 480 pages Weight: 660g
  • Categories: Historical fiction [FV]
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Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz (1648-1695) was a self-taught scholar, poet, and author from San Miguel de Nepantla, Mexico. Often referred to as the first feminist of the Americas, Sor Juana held discussions about natural science with intellectuals in her private suite in the Convent of San Jeronimo and spent much of her time writing on topics dealing with what are now called ""women's rights."" Still revered in Mexican culture for her feminist literary skills, she is considered the Tenth Muse and her image appears on Mexico's one-thousand peso banknote.
Alicia Gaspar de Alba is professor of Chicano studies and English, University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders.
Gaspar de Alba masterfully mixes historical reality with fictional creativity as she reinvents the seventeenth-century Mexican intellectual, poet, and nun, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. - MultiCultural Review ""... intelligent, thoroughly researched novel....This work of fine scholarship and vision should increase awareness of a compelling historical figure."" - Publishers Weekly ""Gaspar de Alba's multi-faceted portrayal of Sor Juana is extremely compelling.... Gaspar de Alba spent nine years researching and trying to understand the seventeenth-century poet... and has done a wonderful job of communicating her understanding to the reader."" - The Lesbian Review of Books
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