The dramatic art of Lope de Vega, together with La dama boba

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONSINMODERN PHILOLOGYVOLUME 6CHARLES M. GAYLEYH. K. SCHILLINGRUDOLPH SCHEVILLEDITORSOF CALIFORNIAUNIVERSITYBERKELEY1918ART OFTHE DRAMATICLOPE DE \ EGAWITHTOGETHERBOBALA DAMAFROM AN AUTOGRAPHEDITED,NACIONALTHE BIBLIOTECAINNOTESWITHAT MADRID,BYSCHEVILLRUDOLPHPRESSOF CALIFORNIAUNIVERSITYBERKELEY1918TOJUAX C. CEBRIAXSOX OF SPAIX, CITIZEN OF THE LXITEl) STATES.HONORED AND LOVED IX BOTH COUNTRIES FOR HISSINGLE-MINDED DEVOTION TO EVERY XOMLK CAISKPREFACEThe amount which delarge wroteLope for theVega stag.-demands amanifestly voluminous of his art to dostudy him fullThe limitedjustice. hereessay presented bemay consequentlyconsidered andinadequate, which couM ormany points ougiitto be included will be missed. Of Ithat am aware. But withinthe confined of thisscope becameattempt my twofold:objectto indicate brief hintsfirst, by what lines a moiv detailedalongcould be institutedinvestigation someone better fitted thanbyand to at amyself, future somesecond, have, date, justifieationfor an examination of the items of interestcontinuing manywhich T have refrained fromLope constantly suggests. comparingthe with other master writers for tlie forgreat Spaniard theatre,the obvious reason that it seemed to me more to out-importantline first an of the material derived fromobjective presentationhimself. studies in literature are futile andLope Comparativeis notto the reader who well with all theunprofitable ...