Golden Age Spain on the Jacobean Stage: John Fletcher's Reading and Writing of Cervantes & Co.

by Mary Dudy

Golden Age Spanish on the Jacobean Stage challenges the received wisdom that, although Fletcher, Massinger, and other Jacobean dramatists drew on Spanish material, English playwrights' engagement with Spanish literature was limited to exploiting Spanish authors for good plots. Instead, Mary Dudy posits that Fletcher's engagement with Spanish culture was vastly more profound than has previously been recognized; and in fact, that it constitutes a vital,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409443809
• ISBN13: 9781409443803
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 130 Pages