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Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz [a] OSH (12 November 1651 – 17 April 1695), [1] was a New Spain (considered Mexican by many authors) [2] writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, as well as a Hieronymite nun, nicknamed "The Tenth Muse" and "The Phoenix of America" by her contemporary critics. [1]
Sor Juana agrees. A political enemy of the Archbishop's encourages Sor Juana to write a rebuttal to one of the favourite theologians of the Archbishop. Sor Juana obliges believing the paper is for private circulation. However the work is published along with an attack on Sor Juana condemning her entire oeuvre. In Spain the first volume of Sor ...
Sor Juana penned The House of Desire in celebration of José, the son of Tomás de la Cerda y Aragón and wife María Luisa Manrique de Lara y Gonzaga (nicknamed "Lysi" by the nuns in her community), who were Marquises of La Laguna and Viceroys of New Spain, as well as significant patrons of the poet. [10]
Her published work includes Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Feminist Reconstruction of Biography and Text where she identifies de la Cruz's life and work as a precursor to current ecofeminist theologies. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] This book is the basis for her 2019 Ted-Ed Animation entitled History’s Worst Nun documenting the details of 17th century Mexican ...
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Baroque music composer, philosopher and poet, portrait by Miguel Cabrera. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651 - 1695), known as the "Tenth Muse", was born on 12 November 1651 in San Miguel Nepantla and died in Mexico City on April 17, 1695. She was one of the greatest writers during the Golden Age. Her passion for ...
Humanismo y religión en Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Ciudad de Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, 1983. Benoist, Valérie. “‘El escribirlo no parte de la osadía: Tradición y mímica en la loa para El divino Narciso de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.” Latin American Theatre Review. 33. (1999): 73-90. Web. 27 Nov. 2011
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, posthumous painting by Miguel Cabrera. Seventeenth-century Mexico City had two savants, Don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora and Doña Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, known to posterity as the Hieronymite nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. It is unclear at what point the two made their acquaintance, but ...
He is also known for his posthumous portrait of the seventeenth-century poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Cabrera is currently most famous for his casta paintings. One of the sixteen in the set that was missing for many years was purchased by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2015. [3]