Space Conceptions and Emblematic Literature in Lope de Vega's Pastoral Dramas

This essay establishes links between the conceptual and iconographic culture that emerged from the publication of the Emblematum Liber by Andrea Alciato in 1531 and pastoral dramas written by Lope de Vega between 1590 and 1615 approximately. The ultimate aim is not only to find mentions of certain emblems at a textual level. The intention is to go even a little bit further, that is, to try to draw connections, from the representation of some "ways of seeing", between certain scenic conceptions and specific cases included in the emblematic literatura. In other words, to determine the visual imprint with which Lope de Vega conceived some of the scenes of his pastoral dramas.