Fray Luis de León (1527-91) is known chiefly as the author of some of the finest poetry of the Spanish Golden Age, but he also wrote important prose works in both Latin and Spanish, and produced eloquent translations into Spanish of biblical and classical texts. Colin Thompson looks afresh at Fray Luis's most famous poems and prose works.

This book looks at the poetry of Fray Luis de Le n together with other works in both Latin and Spanish of biblical and classical texts.