Mexico

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Foolish men who accuse
a woman mindlessly-
you cannot even see
you cause what you abuse.

Juana Inés de la Cruz

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women

Author

Juana Inés de la Cruz

Language

Spanish

Time

1689 1680s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Cruz, Juana Ines. Satira filosofica. c. 1689.

Current Citation

Cruz, Juana Ines. "Satria filosofica." Poems, Protest and a Dream: Selected Writings, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. Penguin Books, 1997.

In Eden the only wealth is nakedness and unawareness.

Carlos Fuentes

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Topic

Garden of Eden Wealth Nakedness Innocence

Author

Carlos Fuentes

Source

The Two Americas The Orange Tree

Medium

Short story

Language

Spanish

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fuentes, Carlos. "Las does Americas [The Two Americas]." El Naranjo [The Orange Tree]. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.

Women are the door to reconciliation with the world.

Octavio Paz

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Topic

Changing the world Women Reconciliation

Speaker

Octavio Paz

Source

Los Angeles Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Paz, Octavio. Quoted in "A Conversation with the Soul of Mexico: In the Friction between Literature and Politics, Octavio Paz, the Patriarch of Mexican Letters, Has Captured His County's Essence. His One-Word Solution to Mexico's Turmoil? Freedom." Written by Anthony Day and Sergio Munoz. Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1995.

New York: building itself up out of its own disintegration, its inevitable destiny as the city for everyone, energetic, tireless, brutal, murderous city of the entire world, where we all recognize ourselves and see our worst and our best.

Carlos Fuentes

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Topic

New York City

Author

Carlos Fuentes

Source

The Glass Border

Medium

Novel

Language

Spanish

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fuentes, Carlos. La frontera de cristal [The Crystal Frontier]. Alfaguara, 1995, pt. 7, ch. 2.

I learned precision of language from Japanese poetry.

Octavio Paz

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Topic

Language Japanese poetry Poetry

Author

Octavio Paz

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Obituary Newspaper

Language

Spanish

Time

20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Paz, Octavio. "Octavio Paz, Mexico's Literary Giant, Dead at 84." Written by Jonathan Kandell. The New York Times, 21 Apr. 1998, https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/21/books/octavio-paz-mexico-s-man-of-letters-dies-at-84.html