La edición de textos dramáticos jesuíticos: peculiaridades y problemas

Abstract

In preparing critical editions of Jesuit drama texts the researcher is frequently confronted with a series of difficulties. The purpose of the present paper is to elucidate and analyse these potential problems. Thus, after offering a brief summary of Jesuit theatre and the peculiarities of these works, the author discusses the numerous problematic issues inherent in these texts, running from their state of conservation to the different ways in which they have been manipulated.