Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: poemas [Paperback]

Juana (Author), Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1987

bilingual, Mexico, tr Margaret Sayers Peden

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Text: English, Spanish

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Bilingual Review Pr (January 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916950603
• ISBN-13: 978-0916950606
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,305,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A decent translation of more-than-decent poetry, June 20, 2008

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This review is from: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: poemas (Paperback)

Peden's English aims more at preserving the poetic feel of Sor Juana's work than at providing a word-by-word (or even stanza-by-stanza) translation. For this reason, the fact that the original poems are printed in Spanish on the page adjacent to each English translation proves helpful--especially if you can read some Spanish--in grasping the true gist of Sor Juana's verses.

This is just a small selection of the translator's favorite poems by this immensely fascinating 17th-century Mexican nun, but it is enough to give the reader a taste of Sor Juana's incredible genius. The images and word-plays she employs to explore issues of gender, religion, beauty, knowledge, vocation, et cetera are unique and moving and well worth the reader's time and consideration.