This work highlights the rediscovery of Gongora's Baroque that took place in Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century. The writers of the generation united around the literary revieuw Contemporaneos play a key role in a movement focused on rebuilding cultural ties to New Spain. A principal leader of this period was Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. This broad overview of Mexico's literary history specifically focuses on the role of two poems - "Muerte sin fin", by José Gorostiza, and "Primero Sueno"by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz - which constitute paradigms of the era's cultural shift.
