@inbook{10.7722/j.ctt9qdnp4.5, ISBN = {9781855660304}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt9qdnp4.5}, abstract = {While the secular drama of Lope Félix de Vega Carpio (1562–1635) has attracted much critical attention, hiscomedias de tema religiosoconstitute a corpus of his works which has been largely neglected. Traditionally, Lope de Vega’s religious plays have been analysed and categorised in terms of their biblical or hagiographical content alone. Ménendez y Pelayo, for example, divides them into two groups –Comedias de asuntos de la sagrada escritura, andComedias de vidas de santos– and does not attempt to study them beyond their religious framework.¹ It is possible that works like that of Menéndez y Pelayo,}, bookauthor = {Elaine M. Canning}, booktitle = {Lope de Vega's `Comedias de tema religioso': Re-creations and Re-presentations}, edition = {NED - New edition}, pages = {1--6}, publisher = {Boydell and Brewer}, title = {INTRODUCTION}, year = {2004} }