Edició i estudi de vint comèdies de Lope de Vega

The essential aim of this project in its first stage is to gather the necessary technical and bibliographical means to establish a critical edition of the dramatic works by Lope de Vega -a process already started. It has to be considered that most editions of the "comedias" have been done according to obsolete or unuseful criteria. This gathering of primary material -old editions and manuscrits- has to go hand in hand with the implementation of the essential technical instruments -vg computers and scanner- and with the building of a bibliographical fund. We plan to elaborate : a) a critical bibliography on Lope's works (secondary material); b) a repertory of Lope's works; c) a thorough paleographic and linguistic study of Lope's autographs in order to establish his "usus scribendi". All this will provide the necesary basis for our work and a guide to the rest of researchers. As the mater