Romances

work by Rodrigues Lobo

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Francisco Rodrigues Lobo's Romances, published in 1596, is a collection of poems written in a Baroque style. While most of the 61 poems are in Spanish, they showcase Lobo's refined sensibility and his skill in describing nature's moods. The collection reveals his early talent before he went on to write his more celebrated pastoral novels and dialogues. The term "romance" in literature can refer to various forms, including medieval verse romances that often feature themes of love, separation, and reunion, or the historical romance genre popularized in the 19th century.123

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Francisco Rodrigues Lobo
His first book of poems, Romances (1596), written in the Baroque manner of the Spanish poet Luis de Góngora y Argote, reveals a refined sensibility and skill in describing the moods of nature. Most of the 61 poems are in Spanish, a second language for Portuguese writers until the end…
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His first book of poems, Romances (1596), written in the Baroque manner of the Spanish poet Luis de Góngora y Argote, reveals a refined sensibility and skill in describing the moods of nature. Most of the 61 poems are in Spanish, a second language for Portuguese writers until the end…
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