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ea. vol: Feminist Pr. (Defiant Muse). 1986. poetry The Feminist Press has made a substantial contribution to literary history in this first-of-a-kind bilingual series of feminist poetry from the medieval period to the present. Numerous poems in the French anthology were written before the 19th century, and they reflect the classical and discursive nature of French poetry of that era. In this tradition are Constance-Marie de Salm-Dyck (1767-1845), who in her "Letter to Women" writes "unjust man, craving to conquer all,/ Claims to subject us to the law of might"; and Marie de Romieu (1540s-1590), whose poem "Brief Discourse: That Woman's Excellence Surpasses Man's" praises female virtues. A more lyrical feminism is found in the Hispanic poetry, grounded in the female voice of early Spanish folk poetry as well as the oppressiveness of Hispanic Catholic culture. This background helps us understand an intensely passionate poem by Sor Juana (Mexico, 1640s-1695) "What Interest Have You, World, in Persecuting Me?" ("Wherein do I offend you, when all I want/ Is to give beauty to my mind/ And not my mind to beautiful things?"); and the lament of an anonymous nun from Alcala whose parents, "as if enemies," have "buried" her in a convent. Volumes on German and Italian poems see below complete the series. Joyce Nower, Academic Skills Ctr., San Diego State Univ.
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Review
Another Breed
by Delmira Agustini The Ineffable
by Delmira Agustini The Alien
by Lucila Godoy Alcayaga Emigre Jewess
by Lucila Godoy Alcayaga On The Beach
by Claribel Alegria Stanzas Written In Great Haste In Reply
by Marcia Belisarda Song To The New Day, Sels.
by Giaconda Belli To Julia De Burgos
by Julia De Burgos Daily Round Of The Spinster
by Rosario Castellanos Meditation At The Threshold
by Rosario Castellanos Speaking Of Gabriel
by Rosario Castellanos Maria Enchained
by Juana Castro Feeling Her End Would Come With Summer's End
by Rosalia De Castro From The Cadenced Roar Of The Waves
by Rosalia De Castro Justice Of Men! I Look For You
by Rosalia De Castro Lieder
by Rosalia De Castro This One Goes And That One Goes
by Rosalia De Castro Today Black Hair
by Rosalia De Castro Arguing That There Are Inconsistencies
by Juana Ines De La Cruz Carol To Catherine
by Juana Ines De La Cruz On Her Portrait
by Juana Ines De La Cruz What Interest Have You, World, In Persecuting Me
by Juana Ines De La Cruz Rebel
by Juanita Fernandez Morales Woman
by Juanita Fernandez Morales Envoi
by Rosario Ferre Destiny
by Angela Figuera-aymerich Market Women
by Angela Figuera-aymerich Mothers
by Angela Figuera-aymerich The Birds Nest In My Arms
by Gloria Fuertes I Don't Know
by Gloria Fuertes I Make Poems, Gentleman
by Gloria Fuertes Not Allowed To Write
by Gloria Fuertes To Have A Child These Days
by Gloria Fuertes Ideological Contradictions In Washing A Dish
by Kyra Galvan Of Property Naught
by Margarita Hickey The Truly Wise Men
by Margarita Hickey Here We Are
by Raquel Jodorowsky I Do Not Relate
by Raquel Jodorowsky Man Is An Animal That Laughs
by Raquel Jodorowsky Secret
by Raquel Jodorowsky Tango
by Elena Jordana To A Man
by Susana March Resolution, Sels.
by Josefa Masanes God, Our Lady, Sels.
by Concha Michel Black Woman
by Nancy Morejon The Only Woman
by Bertalicia Peralta So Much Suffering
by Bertalicia Peralta On Some Partridges Sent To Her Alive
by Florencia Del Pinar So Wily Are The Ways Of Love
by Florencia Del Pinar While You
by Bessy Reyna Virginia Woolf, Etc
by Cristina Peri Rossi Aching
by Alfonsina Storni Ancestral Weight
by Alfonsina Storni Forgetting
by Alfonsina Storni I Am Going To Sleep
by Alfonsina Storni It Could Be
by Alfonsina Storni She Who Understands
by Alfonsina Storni Small Man
by Alfonsina Storni Words For Delmira Agustini
by Alfonsina Storni You Would Have Me Immaculate
by Alfonsina Storni Delgadina
by Anonymous Do Not, Daughter
by Anonymous The Girl Warrior
by Anonymous I Want To Be, Mother
by Anonymous Now That I'm Young
by Anonymous Reasonings Of A Woman Poet
by Anonymous Silvana Goes A-strolling
by Anonymous Stanzas Of A Nun Of Alcala, Sels.
by Anonymous That I'm Ill Married
by Anonymous Why Should I Be With A Husband Bound
by Anonymous Laments
by Dolores Veintimilla De Galindo The Ideal Woman
by Cecilia Vicuna Everything Is Very Simple
by Idea Vilarino In Order To Say It
by Idea Vilarino The Siren
by Idea Vilarino There's Nobody
by Idea Vilarino Manhood
by Adela Zamudio To Be Born Male
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