{"product_id":"poems-protest-and-a-dream-selected-writings-9780140447033","title":"Poems, Protest, and a Dream: Selected Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bilingual edition of writings by Latin America's finest baroque poet\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1648-1695) wrote her most famous prose work, \u003ci\u003eLa Respuesta a Sor Filotea\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1691 in response to her bishop's injunction against her intellectual pursuits. A passionate and subversive defense of the rights of women to study, to teach, and to write, it predates by almost a century and a half serious writings on any continent about the position and education of women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso included in this wide-ranging selection is a new translation of Sor Juana's masterpiece, the epistemological poem \"Primero Sueno, \" as well as revealing autobiographical sonnets, reverential religious poetry, secular love poems (which have excited speculation through three centuries), playful verses, and lyrical tributes to New World culture that are among the earliest writings celebrating the people and the customs of this hemisphere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juana Inés de la Cruz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140447033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIlan Stavans\u003c\/b\u003e is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the author or editor of numerous books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Juana In\u0026#195;\u0026#169;s de la Cruz \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47712110280861,"sku":"9780140447033","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_fc99c2fa-a592-4e32-956f-8920ceb94df2.jpg?v=1773171571","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/poems-protest-and-a-dream-selected-writings-9780140447033","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}