Ten Plays Attributed to Lope de Vega

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ID8952659
AuthorsJ H Arjona (corresponding author)
Year1960
Volume28
Issue4
Pages319-319
Publication date1960-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHispanic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-2176 • E-ISSN: 1553-0639
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/471196
OpenAlexW2328946712
LanguageEN
Citations received3

O NE of most important problems yet to be solved in study of Lope de Vega's comedias is that of determining of many of attributed to him. While we feel relatively certain of authorship of 314 of his plays, there are still 180 in category of plays of doubtful or not certain authenticity.' Through their analysis of Lope's versification, Morley and Bruerton were able to argue convincingly against acceptance of many of these plays. In many more instances, however, they were not able to confirm or reject attributions on basis of versification alone. Seven years ago, combining results of Morley's Ortologfa de cinco comedias aut6grafas de Lope de Vega2 and Walter Poesse's The Internal Line-Structure of Thirty Autograph Plays of Lope de Vega,3 W. L. Fichter called attention to value of Ortho6py as an Aid for Establishing a Canon of Lope de Vega's Authentic Plays,4 examining orthoepy of eleven listed in doubtful category. In some instances, his results confirmed conclusions of Morley and Bruerton, which attests to validity of both methods of inquiry. In other instances in which evidence from analysis of versification was inconclusive, study of orthoepy produced definite results. In some cases, however, both approaches failed, and on one occasion-La aldehuela y el gran prior-the scholars arrived at opposite conclusions: Morley and Bruerton thought the versification has all marks of authenticity (Chronology, p. 252)

Art · Astronomy · Humanities · Physics · Vega · Early Modern Spanish Literature · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

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