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Spanish: Fénix de México, Sor Juana, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana
JUANA INÉS de la CRUZ. - Poet, b. at San Miguel de Nepantla on 12 Nov. 1651, d. at Mexico City on 17 Apr. 1695. She is the greatest poetess in the Spanish language of the Baroque age. In her youth she distinguished herself in philosophical and theological studies; she was a lady-in-waiting to the vicereine Marchioness of Manchera.
Having later entered the Order of St. Jerome, she carried on a great literary activity, principally (except for certain dramatic works, such as Amor es mas laberinto, Los empeños de una casa and the sacramental auto El divino Narciso) in poetry, written partly in Latin but always in the taste of the Baroque Gongorism of the period, though with a particular depth of thought. Especially remembered are the sonnet A un retrato and the Redondillas en defensa de las mujeres. Her whole oeuvre is pervaded by a lively religious feeling. Having devoted herself to the care of her fellow sisters stricken by an epidemic, she too fell victim to it.
Bibliography3 worksThe works of Sister J. were published in 3 vols. at Madrid 1689, 1693, 1700. A bibliography of hers, edited by P. Henríquez Ureña, is found
BIBL.: The works of Sister J. were published in 3 vols. at Madrid 1689, 1693, 1700. A bibliography of hers, edited by P. Henríquez Ureña, is found in Rev. hisp., 40 (1917), pp. 161-214; another Bibl. de sor J. J. de la Cr. is due to D. Schons, Mexico City 1927. Cf. also: M. Menéndez y Pelayo, Antología de poetas hispanoamericanos, I, Madrid 1911, p. LXVI ff.; K. Vossler, Die Zehnte Muse von Mexico: Sor J. J. de la Cr., Munich 1934.
Giuseppe M. Valverde. “Juana Inés de La Cruz.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 599. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/juana-ines-de-la-cruz.
MLA
Giuseppe M. Valverde. “Juana Inés de La Cruz.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 599. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/juana-ines-de-la-cruz.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_juana_ines_de_la_cruz,
author = {Giuseppe M. Valverde},
title = {Juana Inés de La Cruz},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {599},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/juana-ines-de-la-cruz}
}
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