by Félix Lope de Vega · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467034585
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«El perro del hortelano» is the comedy of intrigue by Félix Lope de Vega, published by Austral in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
The plot revolves around love, jealousy and honor. Diana, the central character, drives an action marked by a romantic and social conflict: intrigues, deceptions and false identities follow one another as her desire clashes with decorum and social conventions.
Edition by Antonio Carreño, professor at Brown University, with a philologically refined text and an introductory study. The work dates from 1618; Austral's Clásica (Theater) collection.
For those who study or enjoy classic Spanish theater and Golden Age comedies of intrigue.
Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature. In the literature of Spain, Lope de Vega is often considered second only to Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes said that Lope de Vega was “The Phoenix of Wits” and “Monster of Nature”.
