Bibliography

Crossen, John F. "Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz." In Catholic Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook, edited by Mary R. Reichardt, pp. 181-86. New York: Green-wood Press, 2001.

Focuses on works emphasizing Sor Juana's theology.

Biography

Paz, Octavio. Sor Juana or, The Traps of Faith, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 1988, 547 p.

Examines Sor Juana's life and works in their cultural context.

Criticism

Arteaga, Alfred. "Tricks of Gender Xing." Stanford Humanities Review 3, no. 1 (winter 1993): 112-29.

Traces subversive elements in Sor Juana's writing style.

Feder, Elena. "Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz; or, The Snares of (Con) (tra) di (c) tion." In Amerindian Images and the Legacy of Columbus, edited by Rene Jara and Nicholas Spadaccini, pp. 473-529. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1992.

Offers a gender-historical focus on Sor Juana's major works.

Flynn, Gerard. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1971, 123 p...