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Biography

Name: Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sister
Birth Date: 1651
Death Date: 1695
Place of Birth: Mexico
Nationality: Mexican
Gender: Female
Occupations: nun, poet

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Biography of Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sister
594 words, approx. 2 pages
Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695) was a Mexican nun renowned for her phenomenal knowledge of the arts and sciences of her day, her devotion to scientific inquiry, and her lyric poetry. Sister (or Sor) Juana Inés de la Cruz was born...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Juana Inés De La Cruz Summary
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Born in Nepantla, near Mexico City, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648 or 1651–1695) is best known as one of the greatest Baroque poets and as the iconic forerunner of Hispanic feminism. However, the significance of her work and life in...
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Juana Inés De La Cruz, Sor Summary
14,446 words, approx. 48 pages
Sor Juana is widely considered one of the finest writers and greatest intellectuals of seventeenth-century Hispanic culture. She pursued knowledge with great fervor and evidenced such genius that, in spite of scant formal education, she had achieved...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Sinning against the life of `Sor Juana'
10/10/1998: 620 words, approx. 2 pages
THE SINS OF SOR JUANA Play in two acts by Karen Zacarias Directed by Diego Arciniegas. Set, Kristin Loeffler. Costumes, Elena Ivanova. Lighting, Marc Olivere. At: the Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Boston, through Oct. 18. One of North America's finest poets, Sor Juana lived...
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The Washington Post
The Sage of Mexico; A monumental novel takes on the legendary poet Sor Juana.
10/16/2005: 1,083 words, approx. 4 pages
HUNGER'S BRIDES A Novel of the Baroque By Paul Anderson Carroll & Graf. 1,358 pp. $35 At the age of 16, Juana Ines Ramirez de Santillana y Asbaje -- the illegitimate offspring of an illiterate, if prosperous, mother and an...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Georgina Sabat de Rivers
5,996 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Sabat de Rivers explores the defining characteristics of Cruz's love sonnets.
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Critical Essay by Arthur Terry
5,470 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following essay, Terry analyzes Juana Inès de la Cruz's treatment of divine and romantic love in her verse.
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Critical Essay by Octavio Paz
5,344 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following essay, Paz traces the development of the villancico and surveys Cruz's poems in this genre.
 


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