"[ The Answer ] is eloquent, sardonic, learned and, particularly in its autobiographical part, of great freshness."- The Times Literary Supplement"One of the landmarks of Renaissance literature and . . . in the history of intellectual freedom. . . . This is essential reading."-Stephen Greenblatt, best-selling author and professor"Recommended for informed readers."- Library JournalExpanded to include fresh translations, an updated bibliography, and the letter that provoked the writing of The Answer , this new edition of the bilingual, critical bestseller provides the most accurate translations of works by the iconic seventeenth-century Mexican nun Sor Juana Ineacute;s de la Cruz.