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Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla was one of the poets most favoured by the Court, even more than Calderón de la Barca. That royal favour gave him a creative freedom that lead to experiment with new methods, genres and motifs. That was the case of Persiles and Sigismunda, not only a mere adaptation of the cervantine novel, but also an attempt to surpass the model that Lope de Vega had created for the byzantine comedy, adding new formulas to a genre considered closed.

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Este artículo describe un tópico que aparece con cierta insistencia en las obras del ciclo de senectute de Lope: la sátira contra los malos vecinos. En primer lugar, describiremos la fórmula y mostraremos cómo se presenta por vez primera en una comedia urbana (Quien ama no haga fieros), para luego reaparecer, por las mismas fechas, en La Circe (en la novela «Guzmán el Bravo» y en un sonetosatírico), adoptando un tono más serio y una nueva formulación. Por último, analizaremoscómo el motivo se tiñe de amargura en los últimos años de Lope, para adoptar un tono de humor negro en el último libro que publicó Lope en vida, las Rimas de Tomé de Burguillos.

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Un muestrario significativo de las dramatizaciones del desafío en las comedias de Lope de Vega pone de relieve, desde el «mentís» inicial hasta el desafío truncado y el duelo a muerte, la diversidad de sus repercusiones en la construcción del enredo, y por lo tanto la variable pero importante función genésica de un episodio muy presente en el teatro aurisecular.

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Reseña de Vega, Lope de Arte nuevo de hacer comedias: Edición crítica. Fuentes y ecos latinos, edición crítica y anotada de Felipe B. Pedraza Jiménez, Fuentes y ecos latinos: Pedro Conde Parrado, Cuenca, Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 2016, 978 pp. ISBN: 978-84-9044-222-7

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This article aims to describe and characterize space in Lope de Vega’s biblical play La hermosa Ester (1610). With the exception of two comic interludes found respectively in cuadros E and H and set in a hamlet near to the Persian capital, the remaining 11 cuadros are set in the city of Susa. The city is represented by a palace with a garden, a throne room and the king’s chambers) as well as an urban space (Jewish quarter, the favorite minister’s residence, and streets), both of which are linked by a square that is situated in front of the palace, a square that is of prime importance in the dramatic action. In contrast to Danielle Crivellari’s recent study on space in the work, this new proposed reconstruction, fashioned according to implicit stage directions, brings to light the dubious fragility of spacial elements when considering the play’s system of segmentation, that can find firmer bases in the metrics

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reassessed taking into consideration anthropological, civil, legal, lexical, moral, philosophical, theological and psychological aspects. An application of this refurbished concept follows, wherein the idea of honor as a social concept and as a moral attribute clash in three villein plays: Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s The Mayor of Zalamea (El alcalde de Zalamea) and Lope de Vega’s All Citizens Are Soldiers (Fuenteovejuna), and Peribáñez and the Comendador of Ocaña (Peribáñez y el Comendador de Ocaña).

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This paper analyzes the inquisitorial prohibition of Lope de Vega’s The fianza satisfecha at the end of the eighteenth century. Criticism has judged very negatively this comedia, whose authorship is uncertain. The fianza satisfecha was denounced to the Inquisition (Logroño, 1781; Barcelona, 1798) and included in the Index librorum prohibitorum (1801) after a long and rough discussion among the censors. The details of this discussion are set out in an almost unknown document (Archivo Histórico Nacional, Madrid) whose transcription is also carried out in this paper.

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This comedia by Lope de Vega has received few criticism until now. Most of the studies about this play deal with its date: 1613 is commonly accepted as the year of composition. This article tackles this problem and defends the year 1608 by establishing the connection between the comedia and its sources. This article also explains the segmentation and structure of this comedia

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The parable of the prodigal son is circumscribed as a predominant theme for the authors of the Spanish Golden Age to develop the plot of some of his autos sacramentales. However, among all these playwrights, the figure of Alonso Remón and his piece have been largely ignored. This article reviews the sacramental career of this author and highlights its importance and differences compared to other comedies that address the same theme.