I believe Paz's book to be the culmination of his magnificent effort to bring history and poetry together. His Sor Juana is an intellectual landmark--a superb interpretation of the life and work of the first great Latin American poet, and the richest portrait we have of the intellectual life of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Octavio Paz has wrought speech from silence; he has made a mute century speak at last. -- Carlos Fuentes
Prologue: History, Life, Work Part One: THE KINGDOM OF NEW SPAIN 1. A Unique Society 2. The Dais and the Pulpit 3. Syncretism and Empire 4. A Transplanted Literature Part Two: JUANA RAMIREZ, 1648-11668 5. The Ramirez Family 6. May Syllables Be Composed by the Stars 7. The Trials of Juana Ines 8. Taking the Vows Part Three: SOR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ, 1669-1679 9. Life in the Convent 10. Political Rites 11. The World as Hieroglyph 12. Sister Juana and the Goddess Isis Part Four: SOR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ, 1680-1690 13. Flattery and Favors 14. Council of Stars 15. Religious Fires 16. The Reflection, the Echo 17. Realm of Signs 18. Different from Herself Part Five: THE TENTH MUSE 19. Hear Me with Your Eyes 20. Ink on Wings of Paper 21. Music Box 22. The Stage and the Court 23. The Float and the Sacrament 24. First Dream Part Six: THE TRAPS OF FAITH 25. An Ill-Fated Letter 26. The Response 27. And the Responses 28. The Siege 29 The Abjuration Epilogue Toward a Restitution Appendix Sor Juana: Witness for the Prosecution Notes on Sources Spanish Literary Terms Notes Index
Octavio Paz was the author of more than forty volumes of poetry and prose.
Sor Juana displays an extraordinary sweep of imagination and
intelligence, and it is many things: a biography, a critical study,
a re-creation of an era, a meditation on Mexican history, a
dialogue of poet with poet, a reflection on the role of the
intellectual in the modern world.
*New York Review of Books*
A sweeping and volcanic panorama.
*Los Angeles Times Book Review*
An admiring and sympathetic portrait, but an honest and
demythologizing one, too… The Sor Juana Mr. Paz renders is
irreducible to labels—saint, iconoclast, virago, feminist,
neurotic. Her life, like the Viceregal culture that formed her and
was formed by her, was brilliant, flawed and complex. She argued
passionately for sexual equality and intellectual freedom, yet
championed the same orthodoxies with which she struggled.
*New York Times Book Review*
I believe Paz’s book to be the culmination of his magnificent
effort to bring history and poetry together. His Sor Juana is an
intellectual landmark—a superb interpretation of the life and work
of the first great Latin American poet, and the richest portrait we
have of the intellectual life of the viceroyalty of New Spain.
Octavio Paz has wrought speech from silence; he has made a mute
century speak at last.
*Carlos Fuentes*
Sor Juana displays an extraordinary sweep of imagination and
intelligence, and it is many things: a biography, a critical study,
a re-creation of an era, a meditation on Mexican history, a
dialogue of poet with poet, a reflection on the role of the
intellectual in the modern world. -- Michael Wood * New York Review
of Books *
A sweeping and volcanic panorama. -- Richard Eder * Los Angeles
Times Book Review *
An admiring and sympathetic portrait, but an honest and
demythologizing one, too... The Sor Juana Mr. Paz renders is
irreducible to labels-saint, iconoclast, virago, feminist,
neurotic. Her life, like the Viceregal culture that formed her and
was formed by her, was brilliant, flawed and complex. She argued
passionately for sexual equality and intellectual freedom, yet
championed the same orthodoxies with which she struggled. --
Frederick Luciani * New York Times Book Review *
I believe Paz's book to be the culmination of his magnificent
effort to bring history and poetry together. His Sor Juana
is an intellectual landmark-a superb interpretation of the life and
work of the first great Latin American poet, and the richest
portrait we have of the intellectual life of the viceroyalty of New
Spain. Octavio Paz has wrought speech from silence; he has made a
mute century speak at last. -- Carlos Fuentes
``The Mexican poet and essayist reevaluates and vindicates the life, times, and works of his 17th-century compatriot'' ( LJ 9/1/88).
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