Cape and Sword

CAPE AND SWORD conducted by the editor Bibliographical items you may have missed; Alexander A. Parker, "Santos y. bandoleros en el teatro español del siglo de oro," Arbor, No. U3-UU (julio-agòsto, 19U9), 395-UÌ6, Lope de Vega, El cardenal de Belén, paléographie edition· by- >T. Earle Hamilton. Lubbock: Texas Tech Press, 19UÖ. „Calderón, . El verdadero Dios Pan, (auto), ed. by José M. de Osma, Lawrence: Univ. of Kansas' Press, 19U9. Calderón, No hay_ mᣠfortuna que Dios, (auto), -ed. by A. A. Parker. Manchester University Press, 19W, Sturgis E. Leavitt, "The Popular Appeal of the. Golden Age Drama in Spain," Univ.; of M.C. Extension Bulletin, XXVIII (19U9T, 7-1?. It is suggested that readers send copies of their books and offprints to the editor so that mention can be made of them in this column. It may be of interest to you to know that at Wisconsin the Department of Spanish and Portuguese pays the cost of 100 reprints. Copies of any article published' by a member of the department may be obtained free by addressing a post card to the secretary. Fray Manuel Penedo Rey, editor of Estudios, will be in the U.S.A. toward the end of 1950.. He is willing to lecture at -your-college or university on "temas tirsianos." If you would like to have him lecture please write me or Fray Penedo at Duque de Sexto 32, Madrid. Articles submitted to the Bulletin should be two pages (or less) typewritten, and single-spaced. We are in need òf several short artiol-es Tor the Fall issues; deadline: Oct. 15, 1950. Who will volunteer to compile annually a bibliography of foreign articles dealing with the comedia? The PMLA bibliography lists American authors only. Sponsors of masters ' and doctors ' dissertations dealing with the comedia are invited to submit title, and name of author for publication in the Bulletin, If you have not yet paid your subscription for this year, please send 2$ cents in coin (Scotch tape it to a letter) to the editor. We have tentatively scheduled the Conference meeting for Thursday, December 28, 1950, 2-3:30 P.M« at the Statler Hotel, We may hold an informal luncheon before the conference. What is your pleasure? Details in the November issue. Regarding the topic "The Technique of Editing a Comedia" we present the following excerpts from letters received: From J. H. Parker, University of Toronto: "I should like to mention a few points concerning this important matter that the comediantes are considering» When editing my Gitanilla (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Toronto,,._19Ul)>. I ran into many of the difficulties mentioned by professor Rozzell. -Nc* attempting Lope's El poder en el discreto, I would be greatly helped if I could find 'something rather definitive .. along the line of conformity of ityle with reference to a number of relatively minor details. ' But I wonder if in many cases there is one best way ,(cf, the bibliographical procedure of our learned periodicals, PMLA, HR, etc.). We could however, do little better than follow such a good example as Fichter's 19UU edition of Lope's El sembrar en buena tierra . This contains such features as a scholarly introduction and transcription of the text, with variants, Notes and Indices. The last name (Index of Persons and Titles and Index of Annotated Words and Material), so very useful, is often omitted by editors. "I should like to see a discussion of many points such as critical notes (leave out all eommon ones), spelling and punctuation (modernize?). Finally I wonder whether a vast extension of Fontecha's vocabulary (not 'technique of editing the comedia, of course) could not be carried out in America to prove a boon to "note" preparation?" From Claude E. Anibal, Ohio State University: "... it would perhaps facilitate matters if those editing comedias actually present their own problems, and as specifically as possible. I am not too disturbed by Rozzell 's illustration (vuestra alteza — which personally I am quite content to handle with small letters for both members), but it does give an example of what might be- one approach. Punctuation is a subject...