Love in Absence

ALTHOUGH critics have greatly admired Lope de Vega's ability as a dramatist, they have largely overlooked his ability as a lyric poet. The few studies that deal with this aspect of his work have mainly discussed his treatment of popular lyric forms.' His skillful and sensitive manipulation of the sonnet (a learned lyric form) has largely been ignored. A few of the sonnets in Rimas humanas (1602) and Rimas sacras (1614) have inspired closer examination by critics, notably Al triunfo de Judit (Rimas humanas, LXXVIII), and Pastor que con tus silbos amorosos (Rimas sacras, xiv).2 Edward Glaser discusses another sonnet, Ir y quedarse, y

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• Simbolismo erotico y "La huella del Leon" en dos sonetos de Quevedo

  Donald Mcgrady, Sonia Rodriguez-Jimenez•Hispanic Review•1990

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