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Book SynopsisAn assessment of the life, work and reputation of Spain's leading Golden Age dramatist 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 Cervantes dubbed him, 'monstruo de la naturaleza'. Spain's foremost Golden Age playwright excelled in all literary genres, including prose and poetry, also covered here. The contributors evaluate current critical debates and issues in Lope de Vega studies, as well as providing new readings of key texts. It has been the aim of the editors to do justice to the variety, profusion and originality of Lope's work, placing the writer and his output firmly in their historical context as well asassessing his reputation in literary history. The wide variety of critical perspectives found in the volume reflects the liveliness of the debate surrounding this enduringly popular figure whose drama is enjoying a renaissance intheatres around the globe. Alexander Samson lectures in Golden Age literature at University College London. Jonathan Thacker is Fellow in Spanish at Merton College, Oxford. Other Contributors: Elaine Canning, Geraldine Coates, Frederick A de Armas, Victor Dixon, Geraint Evans, Tyler Fisher, Edward H. Friedman, Alejandro Garcia Reidy, David Johnston, Arantza Mayo, David McGrath, Barbara Mujica, Ali Rizavi José Maria Ruano de la Haza,Isabel Torres, Xavier Tubau, Duncan Wheeler.
Trade Review[U]n acierto de la editorial Tamesis . Con la presente publicación, el estudioso de Lope de Vega cuenta ahora con una sólida referencia no sólo como objeto de estudio sino también como herramienta docente... Samson y Thacker han editado, así, un utilísimo libro que logra lo que muy pocos estudios consiguen hoy en día, a saber, el sentir a un Lope vivo, moderno y relevante, cuya trayectoria palpita con una claridad y una coherencia modélicas. * BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES *
A Companion to Lope de Vega es una obra que se mantendrá vigente en el estudio del dramaturgo español por mucho tiempo ya que presenta ideas fundamentales e innovadoras para el conocimiento del teatro en España y la comprensión del mundo, la obra y el hombre que fue Lope Félix de Vega Carpio. * ASSOCIATION OF SPANISH & PORTUGUESE HISTORICAL STUDIES BULLETIN *
Those who take or teach a Golden Age literature course should have this book at hand. [.] All contributors offer interesting, up-to-date information and abundant critical analysis of the author's work. Recommended. * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Lope's Life and Work Lope's Knowledge - Victor Dixon Lope de Vega and Theatre in Madrid - José María Ruano de la Haza From Stage to Page: Editorial History and Literary Promotion in Lope de Vega's Partes de Comedias - Alejandro Garcia Reidy Imagining Lope's Lyric Poetry in the 'Soneto primero' of the Rimas - Tyler Fisher 'Quien en virtud emplea su ingenio...': Lope de Vega's Religious Poetry - Arantza Mayo Outside In: The Subject[s] at Play in Las rimas humanas y divinas de Tomé de Burguillos - Isabel Torres The Arte nuevo de hacer comedias: Lope's dramatic statement - Jonathan W. Thacker Three Canonical Plays - Alexander Samson Lope de Vega, the Chronicle-Legend Plays and Collective Memory - Geraldine Hazbun Sacred Souls and Sinners: Abstinence and Adaptation in Lope's Religious Drama - Elaine Canning Lope, the Comedian - Jonathan W. Thacker Lope de Vega's Speaking Pictures: Tantalizing Titians and Forbidden Michelangelos in La quinta de Florencia - Frederick A de Armas Performing Sanctity: Lope's Use of Teresian Iconography in Santa Teresa de Jesús - Barbara Mujica Masculinities and Honour in Los comendadores de Córdoba - Geraint Evans El castigo sin venganza and the Ironies of Rhetoric - Edward H Friedman Life's Pilgrim: El peregrino en su patria - Alexander Samson Novelas a Marcia Leonarda - Ali Rizavi La Dorotea: a Tragicomedy in Prose - Xavier Tubau Lope as Icon - David McGrath A Modern Day Fénix: Lope de Vega's Cinematic Revivals - Duncan Wheeler Lope in Translation: Opening the Closed Book - David Johnston Translations of Titles Guide to Further Reading Bibliography
