Published in Rhythms, expressions and representations of the body

Keywords: Keywords: Antarctic Academy, Discurso en loor de la poesía, Lope de Vega, Marquis of Montesclaros.

Throughout this study, I analyse the authorship of the Discurso en loor de la poesía that introduces the Primera parte del Parnaso antártico de obras amatorias, a collection of poems written in Peru and published in Seville in 1608. It is a composition by Juan Manuel de Mendoza y Luna, viceroy of those lands, friend of those mentioned in this poetic prologue, hidden under a very significant name, “Clarinda”, of clear Lopes que ancestry and revealing of his own name. To support this hypothesis, I provide several biographical and textual reasons.