Lope de Vega and the writing process of La pobreza estimada: between the loyalty to Miseno and the adaptation to his Byzantine plays.

Abstract

This paper shows how the composition process of La pobreza estimada by Lope de Vega oscillates between the loyalty to his source, the Comedia de Miseno by Loyola, and the adaptation to his Byzantine plays, so that La pobreza estimada becomes a very original piece