Between Two Worlds

<p>The seventeenth-century Mexican poet playwright and nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is best known for her secular works most notably her damning indictment of male double standards <em>Hombres necios</em> ('Stupid Men'). However her <em>autos sacramentales</em> (allegorical one-act plays on the Eucharist) have received little attention and have only been discussed individually and out of sequence. By examining them as a collection in their original order their meaning and importance are revealed.</p>