A Sor Juana Anthology

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A Sor Juana Anthology

poetry by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Primero sueño (First Dream)
… (1692; First Dream, published in A Sor Juana Anthology, 1988), is both personal and universal. The date of its writing is unknown. It employs the convoluted poetic forms of the Baroque to recount the torturous quest of the soul for knowledge. In the poem’s opening, as night falls, the soul…
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… (1692; First Dream, published in A Sor Juana Anthology, 1988), is both personal and universal. The date of its writing is unknown. It employs the convoluted poetic forms of the Baroque to recount the torturous quest of the soul for knowledge. In the poem’s opening, as night falls, the soul…
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