Synopses & Reviews
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Sor Juana with her intricate conceits, torrents of imagery and baroque opulence...inspires and challenges Trueblood to transform the Spanish verse forms into contemporary equivalents. He triumphs. Richard Eder - Los Angeles Times Book Review
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Sor Juana with her intricate conceits, torrents of imagery and baroque opulence...inspires and challenges Trueblood to transform the Spanish verse forms into contemporary equivalents. He triumphs.
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A selection of the Mexican nun's work in excellent versions by Alan Trueblood. It successfully reflects the versatility of Sor Juana, whose styles range from spirited popular lyrics, some incorporating snatches of Nahuatl or Afro-Spanish refrains, to the learned conceits of her full-blown Gongorist manner. Edwin Williamson
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This anthology projects a masterful vision of Sor Juana. The selection, translations, and commentary are laudable. A voice once silenced is most resonant. Robert Taylor - Boston Globe
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[Trueblood] is astonishingly successful at rendering Sor Juana's Baroque complexities and her elusive simplicities. London Review of Books
About the Author
Alan S. Trueblood, Professor of Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature, Brown University, is the author of Experience and Artistic Expression in Lope de Vega.Octavio Paz is the author of more than forty columes of poetry and prose.