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Preface to the Second Edition vii Preface to the First Edition xvii Acknowledgments xxi Abbreviations xxiii Chronology xxiv Introduction I. Sor Juana’s Life and Work 1 Juana Ramírez / Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648/51–1695): A Life Without and Within 1 A Poet-Scholar: Sor Juana’s Writing 15 II. La Respuesta / The Answer: A Reading 19 Sor Juana’s Art and Argument 19 The Issues at Stake 25 A Different Worldview, a Different Law: A Woman-Centered Vision 31 A Note on the Texts 37 Respuesta de la poetisa a la muy ilustre sor Filotea de la Cruz 38 The Poet’s Answer to the Most Illustrious Sister Filotea de la Cruz 39 Annotations to La Respuesta / The Answer 106 Selected Poems Introduction 144 Romance: Prólogo al lector / Ballad: Prologue to the Reader of these Poems 154 Sonetos / Sonnets Este, que ves, engaño colorido 158 This object which you see 159 Si los riesgos del mar considerara 158 With all the hazards of the sea in mind 159 Contents Esta tarde, mi bien, cuando te hablaba 160 This afternoon, my darling, when we spoke 161 Detente, sombra de mi bien esquivo 160 Don’t leave me, shadow of elusive love 161¿Qué es esto, Alcino? 162 What’s this, Alcino? 163 Mandas, Anarda, que sin llanto asista 162 Anarda, you command me to observe 163 Sátira filosófica / Philosophical Satire Hombres necios que acusáis 164 You foolish and unreasoning men 165 Villancicos / Carols For the Feast of the Assumption, 1676 Vengan a ver una apuesta 168 They’re betting, so hurry for all that you’re worth 169 La soberana Doctora 172 She is a sovereign Doctor 173 Aquella Zagala 174 That shepherd lass 175 For the Feast of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1691 De una mujer se convencen 178 The learned men of Egypt 179 Rosa es, cuyo casto velo 182 She is a Rose, and when she flowered 183 Erase una Niña 186 Once upon a time this Girl 187 Romance epistolar / Epistolary Ballad¡Válgate Apolo por hombre! 190 Apollo help you, as you’re a man! 191 Romance decasílabo / Ballad in Variant Meter Lámina sirva el Cielo al retrato 202 Heavenly should be the canvas to bear the portrait 203 Selected Bibliographies Bibliography to the Second Edition 207 Bibliography to the First Edition 213 Appendix Carta de Sor Filotea de la Cruz 222 Letter from Sor Filotea de la Cruz 223 Index 232 ...