- Prologue: History, Life, Work
- I. The Kingdom of New Spain
- 1. A Unique Society
- 2. The Dais and the Pulpit
- 3. Syncretism and Empire
- 4. A Transplanted Literature
- II. Juana Ramírez, 1648–1668
- 5. The Ramírez Family
- 6. May Syllables Be Composed by the Stars
- 7. The Trials of Juana Inés
- 8. Taking the Vows
- III. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, 1669–1679
- 9. Life in the Convent
- 10. Political Rites
- 11. The World as Hieroglyph
- 12. Sister Juana and the Goddess Isis
- IV. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, 1680–1690
- 13. Flattery and Favors
- 14. Council of Stars
- 15. Religious Fires
- 16. The Reflection, the Echo
- 17. Realm of Signs
- 18. Different from Herself
- V. The Tenth Muse
- 19. Hear Me with Your Eyes
- 20. Ink on Wings of Paper
- 21. Music Box
- 22. The Stage and the Court
- 23. The Float and the Sacrament
- 24. First Dream
- VI. The Traps of Faith
- 25. An Ill-Fated Letter
- 26. The Response
- 27. And the Responses
- 28. The Siege
- 29 The Abjuration
- Epilogue: Toward a Restitution
- Appendix: Sor Juana: Witness for the Prosecution
- Notes on Sources
- Spanish Literary Terms
- Notes
- Index


Sor Juana
Or, the Traps of Faith
Product Details
PAPERBACK
$37.50 • £30.95 • €34.00
ISBN 9780674821064
Publication Date: 01/02/1990
Awards & Accolades
- Octavio Paz Is Winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature