Article
Women and Servants
Bulletin of the Comediantes
(2017)
Abstract
Barbara Fuchs brings into english the first translation of Lope de Vega's recently rediscovered Mujeres y Criados (Women and Servants). The first modern Spanish edition of the play (Editorial Gredos, S.A., 2014), thoroughly edited by Syracuse professor Alejandro García-Reidy, adds yet another fine comedy to the copious dramatic works of the Fénix de los Ingenios. The comedy (circa 1613–14) exhibits Lope de Vega's mature metrical style and a well-choreographed interplay of multiple plots. This urban comedy subverts the expected social norms of seventeenth-century Madrid and gives women and servants the wherewithal to dupe nobles and fulfill their amorous desires.
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Publication Date
2017
DOI
10.1353/boc.2017.0017
Citation Information
Edward McLean Test. "Women and Servants" Bulletin of the Comediantes Vol. 69 Iss. 1 (2017) p. 111 - 111 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/edward_test/13/