by Felix Lope de Vega · Santillana USA Pub Co Inc · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429448887
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«Fuente Ovejuna» is the Golden Age play by Félix Lope de Vega, published by Santillana USA Pub Co Inc in paperback (127 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the time of the Catholic Monarchs, the play shows how a people subjected to the abuses of their commander rebels against oppression. Lope de Vega turns the whole community into the protagonist and raises the conflict between feudal power and popular dignity, around honor and collective justice.
This 1996 edition belongs to the Clásicos Esenciales Santillana collection and includes a study and notes by Edelmira Martínez Fuertes.
Intended for literature students and readers who want to start exploring classical Spanish theater.
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”.
