Sor Juana: Poet, Nun, Martyr
Sor Juana - poet, playwright and nun - is an icon and national hero in Mexico. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Dr. Amy Fuller Morgan about the real Sor Juana, a privileged woman who carefully cultivated her own image and saintly reputation.
Not Just the Tudors · History Hit
July 29, 202141m 22s
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<p>Though she is relatively unknown outside of Mexico, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz - poet, playwright and nun - is an icon and national hero in her homeland. She even features on the 200 peso banknote. </p><br><p>In this edition of <em>Not Just the Tudors</em>, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Dr. Amy Fuller Morgan about the real Sor Juana - misrepresented and mythologised as a subversive upstart, even a martyr - who in fact had a privileged life and the support of the Church and court, and who carefully cultivated her own image and saintly reputation.</p>
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