Here is a new voice'e"new to us'e"reaching across a gap of three hundred years. Sor (Sister) Juana In?s de la Cruz was acclaimed in her time as 'eoePhoenix of Mexico, America's Tenth Muse'e; a generation later she was forgotten. In our century she was rediscovered, her works...
Here is a new voice--new to us--reaching across a gap of three hundred years. Sor (Sister) Juana In?s de la Cruz was acclaimed in her time as "Phoenix of Mexico, America's Tenth Muse"; a generation later she was forgotten. In our century she was rediscovered, her works were...
'Sor Juana with her intricate conceits, torrents of imagery and baroque opulence... inspires and challenges Trueblood to transform the Spanish verse forms into contemporary equivalents. He triumphs.' - Robert Taylor, Boston Globe.