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' ROMEO Y JULIETA' A LA ESPAÑOLA: LOPE, ROJAS ZORRILLA Y OTROS AUTORES

2010; University of Extremadura; Issue: 33 Linguagem: Inglês

2660-7301

Gregorio Torres Nebrera,

Early Modern Spanish Literature

The plot of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Romeo and Juliet was introduced in Spain thanks to Bandello’s short novel during the XVI century. Starting from it, Lope de Vega and Rojas Zorrilla wrote their own versions, which are analyzed in the present paper, as well as the one written by the almost unknown writer Cristobal de Rosas. Besides, the same topic is discussed on the work of other contemporary playwrights, such as Peman,