San Tirso de Toledo, Lope de Vega’s Lost Tragedy

This paper studies the series of fictional circumstances surrounding Lope’s lost tragedy, San Tirso de Toledo (1597), which was specifically commissioned by the town hall of Toledo to show that the city had a new patron saint, as the Jesuit Jerónimo Román de la Higuera wanted. It recounts the clash...

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Main Author: Abraham Madroñal Durán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA) 2014-05-01
Series:Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro
Online Access:http://www.revistahipogrifo.com/index.php/hipogrifo/article/view/58
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spelling doaj-e0195c5e1d4546ff9d33247e512907bd2020-11-25T01:37:02ZengInstituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA)Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro2328-13082014-05-0121235410.13035/H.2014.02.01.0345San Tirso de Toledo, Lope de Vega’s Lost TragedyAbraham Madroñal Durán0Universidad de Ginebra/CSICThis paper studies the series of fictional circumstances surrounding Lope’s lost tragedy, San Tirso de Toledo (1597), which was specifically commissioned by the town hall of Toledo to show that the city had a new patron saint, as the Jesuit Jerónimo Román de la Higuera wanted. It recounts the clash of opinions that the issue provoked between the town hall and the primate cathedral, as well as how Lope took sides in the matter. The study also provides the likely source of the tragedy and its exact date.http://www.revistahipogrifo.com/index.php/hipogrifo/article/view/58
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San Tirso de Toledo, Lope de Vega’s Lost Tragedy
Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro
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title San Tirso de Toledo, Lope de Vega’s Lost Tragedy
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title_fullStr San Tirso de Toledo, Lope de Vega’s Lost Tragedy
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publisher Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA)
series Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro
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description This paper studies the series of fictional circumstances surrounding Lope’s lost tragedy, San Tirso de Toledo (1597), which was specifically commissioned by the town hall of Toledo to show that the city had a new patron saint, as the Jesuit Jerónimo Román de la Higuera wanted. It recounts the clash of opinions that the issue provoked between the town hall and the primate cathedral, as well as how Lope took sides in the matter. The study also provides the likely source of the tragedy and its exact date.
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