French Literature Reviews - 2026
Verisimilitude and Resemblance in Golden Age Theater
Theatre and Performance
Similitude and Verisimilitude in Golden Age Theater. International Colloquium organized by data-html-node-id="" the Research Laboratory for Romance Languages and Literatures E.A. 1925 (Pau, November 21 and 22, 2003), Isabel Ibañez (coord.), Pamplona, EUNSA (Supplements to Rilce, 52), 2005, 376 p.
[20 contributions, including 9 in French and 11 in Spanish]
isbn: 84-313-2298-5, 21€, http://www.eunsa.es
Proceedings of a colloquium at the University of Pau on Spanish Golden Age theater.
Contents
LY, Nadine (University of Bordeaux III), «Verisimilitude, Resemblance, and Recognition in Philosophía antigua poética and Golden Age Theater», pp. 17-31.
SENTAURENS, Jean (University of Bordeaux III), «Verisimilitude, Theatricality, Spectacle: The Poet Against the Carpenter. Lope de Vega and the New Theater Audience, circa 1620», pp. 33-49.
LLANOS LÓPEZ, Rosa Ana (University of Oviedo), «The Definition of the Comic Effect in Spanish Golden Age Comedy from the Notions of Internal and External Verisimilitude», pp. 51-66.
BRIOSO SANTOS, Hector (University of Alcalá de Henares), «Metatheatrical Games and Verisimilitude in Golden Age Theater», pp. 67-88.
COUDERC, Christophe (University of Paris IV-Sorbonne), «The Empty Stage: On Time and Continuity of Action in Two Comedies by Lope (El castigo sin venganza and La villana de Getafe)», pp. 89-110.
HERNÁNDEZ VALCÁRCEL, Carmen (University of Murcia), «The Verisimilitude of Implausibility in Lope de Vega's Historical Theater», pp. 111-129.
CANONICA, Elvezio (University of Bordeaux III), «Theater within Theater: From Verisimilitude to Identification in Lope de Vega's Lo fingido verdadero», pp. 131-148.
CORNEJO, Manuel (Casa de Velázquez, Madrid), «Some Reflections on the City and its Representation in Lope de Vega's El Arenal de Sevilla», pp. 149-166.
BERTIN-ELISABETH, Cécile (University of the Antilles-Guyana), «Lope de Vega's La Dorotea or the Construction of Theatrical Resemblance in Search of a New Genre», pp. 167-186.
GERMAIN, Yves (University of Paris IV), «Resemblance and Verisimilitude in Calderón's Afectos de odio y amor, or the Metamorphoses of a Queen of Sweden», pp. 187-198.
DESVOIS, Francis (University of Pau), «The Question of Identity in Tirso de Molina's El Vergonzoso en Palacio», pp. 199-213.
ZUGASTI, Miguel (GRISO, University of Navarra), «Regarding the Criterion of Verisimilitude in Tirso de Molina's Secretary Comedies», pp. 215-232.
PEYREBONNE, Nathalie (University of Artois, Arras), «Verisimilitude, Implausibility, Resemblance in Tirso de Molina's Don Gil de las Calzas Verdes», pp. 233-241.
TEULADE, Anne (University of Nice), «Theory and Practice of Verisimilitude: The Case of Extraordinary Metamorphosis in the Comedia de Santos», pp. 243-261.
GONZÁLEZ, Luis (University of Toulouse-Le Mirail), «The Devil's Costume in the Comedia de Santos», pp. 263-282.
DUARTE LUEIRO, J. Enrique (GRISO, University of Navarra), «Poetry and History in Francisco Bances Candamo's La Restauración de Buda», pp. 283-307.
IBAÑEZ, Isabel (LLREBEC Research Laboratory, University of Pau), «Tirso de Molina's Los Cigarrales de Toledo, or the Notion of Verisimilitude by Example», pp. 309-328.
NICOLAS, Marielle (LLREBEC Research Laboratory, University of Pau), «Verisimilitude and Intrigue in Moreto's Secular Comedies», pp. 329-338.
COULON, Mireille (University of Pau), «Verisimilitude, Observance of Rules, and Comic Illusion», pp. 339-352.
SALA VALLDAURA, Josep María (University of Lleida), «The Horrible and Sensible End of Verisimilitude or Neoclassical Tragedy of the Late 18th Century», pp. 353-371.
The concept of verisimilitude occupied a central place in early modern European dramatic theory, intersecting with classical poetics and evolving theatrical practices. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, playwrights and theorists frequently debated how drama could convincingly imitate human action while navigating the demands of staging and audience reception. These discussions often engaged with broader aesthetic concerns regarding illusion, spectacle, and the relationship between dramatic fiction and historical reality. Scholarly inquiry into these traditions typically examines how dramatic texts balance theoretical rules with the practical constraints of performance.
This volume collects twenty contributions from researchers addressing various facets of verisimilitude and resemblance in Spanish Golden Age theater. The discussions encompass theoretical treatises, comic effects, metatheatrical devices, and the representation of history and urban space across different dramatic genres. Readers interested in Hispanic literature and early modern dramatic theory may find this collection relevant to their research. The contributions reflect diverse perspectives from scholars affiliated with various European universities and research institutions.