Lope De Vega The New Art Of Writing Plays
As a master of his craft de vega is constantly compared with shakespeare with regard to poetry and drama.
Lope de vega the new art of writing plays. By brander matthews lope de vega brander matthews columbia university 1914 drama 56 pages 0 reviews. He renovated the spanish theatre genre during the baroque period and wrote over 1300 plays and 3000 sonnets. The new art of writing plays by vega lope de 1562 1635. Rather is it a familiar discourse having the playful ease of an afterdinner speech.
Lope s book is a familiar discourse having the playful ease of an afterdinner speech. It consists of a series of paragraphs of irregular length varying from four to forty lines each. In this book he uses verse to describe the nuances of creating plays. It is written in blank verse hendecasyllabics except that the last two lines of every paragraph are in rhyme.
The new art of writing plays. In england both sir philip sidney in his the new comedia drama. Brewster with an introd. With a self effacing attitude de vega provides some crucial insights in to his way of playwriting.
His plays are sill represented. It con sists of a series of paragraphs of irregular length varying from four to forty lines each. Throughout the language is informal and written in good humour. Lope de vega outstanding dramatist of the spanish golden age author of as many as 1 800 plays and several hundred shorter dramatic pieces of which 431 plays and 50 shorter pieces are extant.
Lope s new art of making plays is not a familiar epistle like horace s ars poetica. By lope de vega translated by william t. Lope de vega was the second son and third child of francisca fernandez flores and félix de vega an. The new art of writing plays by lope de vega expounds the ideas of this famous spanish playwright regarding the art of writing plays.
The new art of writing plays 1914 paperback january 29 2010 by lope de vega author. In this book he uses verse to describe the nuances of creating plays. Lope de vega was a very prolific writer.