El castigo sin venganza (1631) is Lope de Vega's greatest tragedy. The play dramatises the story of the adulterous relationship between the beautiful Casandra, duchess of Ferrara, and her step-son, Fe
Spain's artistic Golden Age produced Cervantes's great novel, Don Quijote, the sublime poetry of Quevedo and Gongora, and nurtured the prodigious talent of Velazquez, and yet it was the theatre that c
The theatrum mundi metaphor was well-known in the Golden Age, and was often employed, notably by Calderon in his religious theatre. However, little account has been given of the everyday exploitation
Presents a collection of the twelve "Novelas Ejemplares" with introductions, translations and a bibliography. This work features the original Spanish text with facing English translation and notes. It
A Companion to Lope de Vega brings together work by leading international scholars on the life and writing of Lope de Vega Carpio, the 'fénix de los ingenios', a 'monstruo de la naturaleza', as he was
A Companion to Lope de Vega brings together essays by leading international scholars on the life and works of Lope de Vega Carpio, the 'fénix de los ingenios', or, as his rival Miguel de Cervante