Literary References
In the novel Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez, one of the main characters, Father Cayetano Delaura, is an admirer of Garcilaso de la Vega. In the novel, which takes place in 18th century colonial Colombia, Delaura is forced to give up being a priest because of his tragic love affair.
Spanish language poet Giannina Braschi wrote both a poetic treatise on Garcilaso de la Vega's Eclogues, as well as a book of poems in homage to the Spanish master, entitled Empire of Dreams.
The title of Pedro Salinas's sequence of poems La voz a ti debida is taken from Garcilaso's third eclogue.
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