Barnuevo (1633-1743) Peruvian playwright, Pedro de Peralta Barnuevo wrote four known loas for royal festivals in Peru and became well known by the 18th century. The sometimes criticism of artificial praise that comes from the form of the loa is especially evident with these royal feast performances. In particular, de Peralta Barnuevo’s loa for his play Triunfos de amor y poder (Triumphs of love and power) which was commissioned by Don Diego Ladrón de Guevara, the Bishop of Quito and Viceroy of Peru uses characters of Apollo, Neptune, the winds, muses, nymphs, land, air, and sea to praise the Spanish King Philip V and Guevara himself. See also Siglo de Oro: Learn more about the Spanish Golden Age. (In Spanish) Quińones de Benavente: Learn more about Quińones de Benavente and his plays from the Spanish Golden Age. (In Spanish) Fernán González de Eslava: Learn more about Fernán González de Eslava, a Mexican playwright of the 17th century. (In Spanish) La Loa: Spanish Wikipedia article on the loa. (In Spanish) Lope de Vega, Agustín de Rojas Villandrano, Lope de Rueda, Bartolomé Torres Naharro: Learn more about each of these Spanish playwrights of the loa. (In Spanish) Armando Cotarelo Valledor: Learn more about this 19th and 20th century Spanish writer, theorist, and critic. (In Spanish) References External links Spanish Golden Age: Learn more about the literature from this golden age of Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries. Theater in the Golden Age of Spain: Learn more about the theater practices of Spain during the golden age. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Learn more about the life of this Creole nun, writer, and activist of 17th century Latin America. Poemas de Lope de Vega: Read some of Lope de Vega's poetry. (In Spanish) Las Aceitunas de Lope de Rueda: Watch a play by Lope de Rueda with professional theater company Requebrajo Teatro. (In Spanish) Theatrical genres Spanish Golden Age literary genres gl:Loa sr:Лоа (драма)