The Answer / La Respuesta by Juana Inés de la Cruz
A spirited, erudite letter in which a learned nun defends the right of women to study and write, answering clerical criticism with wit, classical and biblical learning, and a personal account of her intellectual development; she combines legal, theological, and literary arguments to challenge prevailing gender roles and censorship, insisting that love of knowledge is compatible with faith while exposing hypocrisy and urging respect for women’s minds and moral agency.
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- La Respuesta
- Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz
- The Answer
- The Answer to Sister Philotea
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