Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

In order to tackle this question and try to avoid repeating what other educators have said, I'm going to move through the point to pull out specific points where Sor Juana mentions expectations...

Sor Juana expresses her love for her lady in emotionally powerful, almost erotic terms. The speaker states explicitly, "I love you with so much passion." There's really no ambiguity here. While...

In my readings regarding Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, it seems that becoming a nun was a choice she preferred to make, rather than being married (in which she had no interest). She was illegitimate...

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's letter to the Bishop of Puebla was a response to his own pseudonymous letter criticizing her for her attention to and concern of earthly matters and quest for knowledge....

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz had a good deal to say about men, and was obviously not shy about being extremely honest in the face of an age-old social hypocrisy: In her poem Redondillas...

Sor Juana reclaims the space of the kitchen as equally suitable for intellectual pursuits. A life of religious devotion and contemplation must be lived everywhere, and no aspect of daily life...

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz writes on a wide range of subjects with a combination of passionate intensity and intellectual enquiry. These qualities make her seem both modern and timeless. The main...

In her “Respuesta a Sor Filotea” (“Reply to Sister Filotea”), Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz clearly addresses what she perceives as criticism of her studies and her writing. She is likely right in...

This is an excellent question. There is no doubt in my mind that the character from Tartuffe most like Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is Dorine. eNotes.com provides a character description of Dorine:...

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz wrote "Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz." Research shows that Juana Inez was a bright child with a deep desire to read and learn. Boys were educated at the time, but not...

In "Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz" ("The Reply to Sor Philothea de la Cruz"), the author Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz gave God the credit for her love of learning and studying, even in...

Having only just recently read Sor Juana's responses in "Respuesta a Sor Filotea" and researched her life for the first time, I get the sense that she is passionate about learning, even from a very...

Archbishop Antonio Nunez de Miranda was Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz's confessor; he was opposed to her work at the convent because he felt her writing went against Biblical teachings. De la Cruz went...

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was a writer, poet, composer, philosopher, and nun. She was born in Mexico in 1651 and was among the first great Mexican writers. During the time of Sor Juana's...

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz presents very different sentiments in "Respuesta a Sor Filotea," (a defense to a letter of criticism sent from a bishop who had been thought of as a friend) as opposed to...

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was born on a hacienda near present-day Mexico City in 1648. During this period, Spain was a powerful colonial force, sending people across the Atlantic to occupy what...

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is a woman with many sides, I believe. Her first passion in life was to learn. In studying her history, we know that she did all she could to do so. She begged to be...