Inés Joyes y Blake was a Spanish translator and writer of the Age of Enlightenment. She became known in the field of letters with her translation of the novel The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson.
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Inés Joyes y Blake was a Spanish translator and writer of the Age of Enlightenment. She became known in the field of letters with her translation of the novel The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson. Her edition of this work includes a text of her own, entitled "Apología de las mujeres", which constitutes one of the first feminist essays in Spain.
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deceased
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Lived 1731 to 1808 · aged 77
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