This volume gathers the proceedings of a meeting that brought together several of the most distinguished Italian and Spanish philologists to discuss the transmission of dramatic, lyric, and narrative texts from the Spanish Golden Age. The book aims not only to offer case studies relevant to this topic but, above all, to reflect on their theoretical and methodological implications. It explores the strengths and limitations of the Lachmannian method as applied to the circulation—both manuscript and printed—of works transmitted either as stand-alone texts or within codices or miscellaneous printed volumes (play collections, songbooks, and collections of short stories). Alongside major theoretical considerations on the genealogical-critical method, the volume also examines issues related to contamination, the suppression of significant textual segments, and the relationship between texts and the collections in which they appear. The richness and rigor of the critical references and examples presented make this book—edited by two specialists in the field—an unquestionably fundamental contribution to current debates on textual criticism.

This book is included in DOAB.