Comicality and devotion: festive laugh in Lope de Vega’s hagiographical comedia

Taking into consideration Lope de Vega’s corpus of hagiographical comedia, we value how the typical comicality of arte nuevo became compatible with that pious sense which was essential to hagiographical plays. We discuss the different roles played by festive laugh in a dramatic subgenre which intend...

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Main Author: Natalia Fernández Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA) 2013-05-01
Series:Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro
Online Access:http://www.revistahipogrifo.com/index.php/hipogrifo/article/view/11