Poems, Protest and a Dream: Selected Writings Book

There aren't many obscure classics like this one that I willingly give 4 stars to, but there were SO many times when I was pumping my fist and going YEAH and GO SOR JUANA and OOOOOOH SHE WENT THERE that I can't help myself!

As someone who somewhat uncomfortably rejects the feminist label yet still remains a firm, immovable supporter of gender equality, I have a hard time with more modern iterations of feminist writings. It's impossible not to root for a 17th century nun-poetess, though, because, as evidenced by her Respuesta (spelling?) and much of her poetry, women then had a hard time! A really fricking hard time! And yet Sor Juana is outspoken, intelligent, fervent, humble (I mean, humble for the 17th century), pointed, witty - all the good stuff. It's obviously stuff that can and did get her into a lot of trouble, but she SAID it, and she was GOOD at saying it. At least she was from the perspective of someone who can only just read translations of her work.

I want to say Sor Juana Inés was born in the wrong century but she was born in exactly the right one, even if she maybe didn't make enough of a splash to carry her to fame in the 21st century. I'm really interested in getting my hands of more of her work.