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Marcelino Menéndez Y Pelayo , a Spanish literary scholar felt the adaptations were of little note, calling them a short-lived whim of the pious. It took Dámaso Alonso study of their influence on Garcilaso De La Vega 's poetry before they were considered significant to the development of Spanish literature.


FAMOUS AUTHORS

  • Saint John Of The Cross - many of his poems contained a lo divino in the title, indicating that they were taken from a secular work and changed to fit a religious interpretation.

  • Sebastian de Cordoba - rewrote some of Garcilaso's secular love poems in this style.


A lo divino also refers to a style of music that incorporates religious chants.


REFERENCE

  • Crosbie, John (1989).''A lo divino Lyric Poetry: An Alternative View''.University of Durham Press. ISBN 0-907310-19-2