Space, Drama, and EmpireSpanish poet, playwright, and novelist Flix Lope de Vega (15621635) was a key figure of Golden Age Spanish literature, second only in stature to Cervantes, and is considered the founder of Spains classical theater. In this rich and informative study, Javier Lorenzo investigates the symbolic use of space in Lopes drama and its function as an ideological tool to promote an imagined Spanish national past. In specific plays, this book argues, historical