Virgin Rhetoric: Fray Luis de León and Marian Piety in "Virgen, que el sol más pura."

This article examines the Marian piety expressed in the poem "Virgen, que el sol más pura," by Fray Luis de Leon. Portraying the ironic duality of Fray Luis's treatment of Marian discourse while giving the many comparisons of Fray Luis's poem and Francesco Petrarch's "Vergine bella che di sol vestit...

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Published in:	Hispanic Review Vol. 73; no. 4; pp. 491 - 510
Main Author:	Nowak, William J.
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press Autumn2005
Subjects:	Virgen, que el sol mas pura (Poem) León, Luis de, 1527-1591 Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint Poetry (Literary form) Religious poetry
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Summary:	This article examines the Marian piety expressed in the poem "Virgen, que el sol más pura," by Fray Luis de Leon. Portraying the ironic duality of Fray Luis's treatment of Marian discourse while giving the many comparisons of Fray Luis's poem and Francesco Petrarch's "Vergine bella che di sol vestita".