Review of the volume that brings together several articles by the author that seek to trace the context in which the discourse Arte nuevo de doing comedias, by Lope de Vega, was born; its origin and meaning, the academic framework in which it was conceived, its editorial vicissitudes, the precise scope of its title, its relationships with other works by the author, etc. The book also includes a critical edition of the text, pointing out the variants of all the preserved testimonies.