New Annotated Bilingual Edition of Lope de Vega’s La prueba de los ingenios / The Trial of Wits by Marcella Salvi and Rafael Castillo Bejarano.

Marcella Salvi, Lewis Professor of World Languages, Cultures and Media Department, and Rafael Castillo Bejarano, Visiting Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Caribbean, Latin American, and Latino Studies Program, had recently published their book Lope de Vega: «The Trial of Wits» /«La prueba de los ingenios», Annotated Bilingual Spanish/English Edition, with Peter Lang. 

This book presents an annotated edition, English translation, and an in-depth study of Lope de Vega’s La prueba de los ingenios. Through this translation, the authors aim to make this significant yet lesser-known work accessible to a wider audience, while providing scholarly insights into its historical, cultural, and literary contexts. The book's introduction explores themes of genre and gender hybridity, and socio-cultural self-fashioning, showcasing Lope's nuanced response to societal norms and his creative engagement with contemporary debates on authorship, professional theater, and gender issues. The annotations offer valuable commentary, guiding readers through the complex layers of Lope’s text and underscoring its relevance to both early modern and contemporary discussions on gender, sexuality, and social identity.