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Article: El nuevo mundo descubierto por Cristobal Colon: The New World Discovered by Christopher Columbus.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- July 1, 2004
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El nuevo mundo descubierto por Cristobal Colon: The New World Discovered by Christopher Columbus. By LOPE DE VEGA. Ed. and trans, by ROBERT M. SHANNON. (Iberica, 34) New York, Washington, and London: Peter Lang. 2001. x + 307 pp. 37 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-8204-4884-2.
Lope's play about Columbus, no doubt because of its subject, has probably had more modern editions than any of his comedias except the seven of eight that supposedly constitute the 'canon'. Robert Shannon's, as he claims, is considerably superior to all its predecessors; he has based it, directly and carefully, on what he oddly calls the 'three princeps editions [...]: Madrid, Barcelona and ...