Spanish Golden Age (Siglo de Oro) literature and theater (c.1580–1681)

1. Madrid’s public playhouses spread Lope’s new model

   Jan 1, 1580Labels: Madrid corrales, Lope de

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2. Cervantes publishes Don Quixote, Part I

   Jan 1, 1605Labels: Miguel de, Don Quixote

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3. Lope de Vega defends the “new art” of comedy

   Jan 1, 1609Labels: Lope de, Arte nuevo

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4. Lope writes Fuenteovejuna amid national theater boom

   Jan 1, 1612Labels: Fuenteovejuna, Lope de

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5. Góngora’s Soledades intensifies poetic “difficulty” debates

   Jan 1, 1613Labels: Luis de, Soledades

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6. Cervantes publishes Novelas ejemplares

   Jan 1, 1613Labels: Miguel de, Novelas ejemplares

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7. Cervantes completes Don Quixote with Part II

   Jan 1, 1615Labels: Miguel de, Don Quixote

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8. Cervantes issues Ocho comedias y ocho entremeses

   Jan 1, 1615Labels: Miguel de, Ocho comedias

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9. Fuenteovejuna reaches print in Lope’s collected plays

   Jan 1, 1619Labels: Fuenteovejuna, Collected comedias

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10. Quevedo’s Sueños appears in print

    Jan 1, 1627Labels: Francisco de, Los Sue

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11. Tirso’s El burlador de Sevilla shapes the Don Juan myth

    Jan 1, 1630Labels: Tirso de, El burlador

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12. Calderón premieres La vida es sueño

    Jan 1, 1635Labels: Pedro Calder, La vida

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13. Life Is a Dream appears in print

    Jan 1, 1636Labels: La vida, Calder n

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14. Calderón’s death marks the Golden Age endpoint

    May 25, 1681Labels: Pedro Calder, Golden Age

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