And to such a degree that they silence the recipient of them. As Quintilian said: Minorem spei, maiorem benefacti glorian pereunt. Read The Answer / La Respuesta (Expanded Edition) Including Sor Filoteas Letter and New Selected Poems by Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz available from. In short, your favor is of such a magnitude that not only can it not be confined within the limits of speech, but it even exceeds all my capacity for gratitude, on the one hand, because it was so huge and, on the other hand, because it was so unexpected. It is a favor so beyond measure that it far exceeds the most ambitious hopes and the most fantastic desires, and, as a rational being, my mind cannot even grasp it. The second obstacle is to know how to thank you for such an excessive yet unexpected favor you did me in sending my rough papers to the printers. Thomas, was asked about his silence concerning his master, Albertus Magnus, the pupil answered that he kept quiet because he was unable to say anything worthy of Albertus, then how much more reasonable is it for me to be quiet, not like the Saint out of modesty, but actually because I know nothing worthwhile for you to hear. And if I, seeing how, when the Angelic Scholastic Doctor, St. Is it any wonder that at my first step my clumsy pen encountered and tripped on two obstacles? The first-and for me the hardest-is knowing how to answer your totally learned, very prudent, extremely holy, and immensely loving letter. It includes the fully annotated primary text responding to the church officials the letter that ultimately provoked the writing of The Answer an expanded selection of poems an updated bibliography and a new preface.(1) I have not delayed my answer for so many days due to my will, my poor heath, and my justified fear. notes sor juana ins de la cruz, from response of the poet to the very eminent sor filotea de la cruz (mexico, 1691) sor juana ins de la cruz nun and poet.

This expanded, bilingual edition combines new research and perspectives on an inspired writer and thinker. Among his writings is his Elogio funebre de sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, praising the virtues of one of the most distinguished of the authoresses in Spanish. While earlier translators have ignored Sor Juana's keen awareness of gender, this volume brings out her own emphasis and diction, and reveals the remarkable scholarship, subversiveness, and even humor she drew on in defense of her cause.

The Answer/La Respuesta (1691) is is Sor Juana's impassioned response to years of attempts by church officials to silence her.

Known as the first feminist of the Americas, the Mexican nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz enjoyed an international reputation as one of the great lyric poets and dramatists of her time. Defiant writing by the first feminist of the Americas-the Mexican nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz-in response to the church officials that tried to silence her.

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