Madwomen: The "Locas Mujeres" Poems of Gabriela Mistral

CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 From Lagar I WINEPRESS La otra 30 The Other 31 La abandonada 34 The Abandoned Woman 35 La ansiosa 38 The Anxious Woman 39 La bailarina 42 The Ballerina 43 La desasida 46 The Woman Unburdened 47 La desvelada 50 The Sleepless Woman 51 La dichosa 54 The Happy Woman 55 La fervorosa 58 The Fervent Woman 59 La fugitiva 62 The Fugitive Woman 63 La granjera 66 The Farm Woman 67 La humillada 70 The Humbled Woman 71 La que camina 74 She Who Walks 75 Marta y María 78 Martha and Mary 79 Una mujer 82 A Woman 83 Mujer de prisionero 84 Prisoner's Woman 85 Una piadosa 90 A Pious Woman 91 From Lagar II Antígona 94 Antigone 95 La cabelluda 96 The Shaggy Woman 97 La contadora 102 The Storyteller 103 Electra en la niebla 108 Electra in the Mist 109 Madre bisoja 116 Cross-Eyed Mother 117 La que aguarda 122 She Who Waits 123 Dos trascordados 126 Two Forgotten Ones 127 La trocada 128 The Changed Woman 129 UNCOLLECTED Clitemnestra 134 Clytemnestra 135 Casandra 140 Cassandra 141 Texts and Sources 149 Notes 155 Selected Bibliography 165 Index of First Lines 167