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Juan de la Cueva

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Juan de la Cueva , 1550?-1610?, Spanish dramatist, one of the precursors of Lope de Vega. He spent the years from 1574 to 1577 in Mexico. Of his 14 plays, the most famous is the comedy El infamador [the scoundrel] (1581). Cueva rejected traditional dramatic unities and introduced national themes to the stage, laying the foundation for the national drama of Spain's Golden Age. His innovations included employing a variety of meters and reducing the comedy to four acts. Bibliography: See study by R. F. Glenn (1973). Author not available, CUEVA, JUAN DE LA. , The Columbia... Read more
Cueva, Juan de la
Cueva, Juan de la (1543–1610), Spanish dramatist...classical influence was still paramount, Cueva owes much to Seneca , but he was also the...of Lope de Vega and his contemporaries. Cueva was also an innovator in the Spanish comedy... Read more
Juan de La Cueva
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