Una fiesta palaciega de finales del siglo XVII: "Hado y divisa de Leonido y de Marfisa", de Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Abstract

This study is a critical edition with an introduction and notes of Hado y divisa de Leonido y de Marfisa, the last creation of one of the most influential playwrights of all time, D. Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681). This is an eclectic edition based on a manuscript with signature MS. 8314 from L'Arsenal Library in Paris, corrected and modified when deemed necessary with the help of other existing textual witnesses. The introduction includes an analysis of the political, social and economic context of this comedia and the circumstances of its production; the literary context and characteristics that it shares with the byzantine and chivalry novels; its textual transmission; its musical tradition; its staging and its polymetrical structure. At the end of this study are included the explanatory notes as well as the textual variants of all witnesses analyzed.