Laurel de Apolo - Vega, Lope de 1562-1635 (London Leclere, 1824)
Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562-1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature. Lope de Vega renewed the literary life of Spanish theatre when it became mass culture, and with the playwrights Pedro Calderón de la Barca and Tirso de Molina defined the characteristics of Spanish Baroque theatre with great insight into the human condition. The literary production of Lope de Vega includes 3,000 sonnets, three novels, four novellas, nine epic poems, and approximately 500 stageplays.
Originally published in 1630
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); 19th Century (1801-1900); Poetry; Literature; Spain