by Guillermo Schmidhuber (Author)
" Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695) wrote poetry, prose, and plays and is considered the greatest of Mexican women writers. She was an intellectual prodigy, reportedly mastering Latin in twenty lessons, and at sixteen she entered a convent so that she might continue her learning. One of the most influential early feminists in the New World, she answered a bishop's criticism in a letter that has become a classic defense of the education of women. She collected a private library of 4,000 volu
Author Biography
Critic and playwright Guillermo Schmidhuber is Secretary of Culture for Jalisco state in Mexico.
Shelby Thacker teaches Spanish at Asbury College.
Number of Pages: 200
Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: March 09, 2000
