Ever since she was a little girl in Mexico, Juana Ines de la Cruz showed great interest in books and learning. And that was back when women were not usually allowed to study Juana decided to become a nun to be able to read and learn all that she wanted. But that wasn't the only thing she achieved: [...]

Called the "Quintessence of the Baroque" and "Bridge to the Enlightenment," Mexican writer and nun Sor Juana In's de la Cruz has also been celebrated as the "First Feminist of the New World." Feminist Perspectives on Sor Juana In's de la Cruz fills a gap in the scholarship on Sor Juana by exploring [...]

Each of the book's five chapters evokes a colonial Mexican cultural and intellectual sphere: the library, anatomy and medicine, spirituality, classical learning, and publishing and printing. Using an array of literary texts and historical documents and alongside secondary historical and critical mat[...]