Edición anotada y estudio de dos entremeses y un baile dramático del siglo XVII : el Entremés famoso de la melancolía, el Baile de la comedia y El ensayo.

This M. A. thesis offers a critical edition of three short dramatic pieces from the seventeenth century: Entremes famoso de la melancolia, by Calderon, Baile de la comedia, anonymous, and El ensayo, by Gil Enriquez. The thesis consists of: (1) An introductory study, composed of the following sections: (a) general survey of the dramatic genre known as the teatro comico breve; (b) a critical analysis of the plays based on the characteristics of the genre and with special emphasis on the play within the play aspect; (c) a Bibliography. (2) The spelling and punctuation of the edited texts have been modernized and regularized, except where alterations would have affected the pronunciation. All abbreviations have been silently resolved. (3) The critical apparatus, consisting of two groups of Notes: (a) Textual Notes, where every substantial departure from the copy texts has been recorded and discussed; (b) Philological Notes, where any passage where the sense or the syntax might present difficulties, all internal references and literary and other allusions have been explained