The Goldfinch and the Hawk: A Study of Lope de Vega's Tragedy, El caballero de olmedo

This is a close reading of a play by Felix Lope de Vega (1562-1635)—a Spanish playwright, poet, and major figure of Spanish Baroque literature—titled El caballero de Olmedo. The study analyzes the comedia in terms of the literary and social conventions that it reflects: cortesia, brujeria, and alcahueteria.