Tirso de Molina

The title of the original play by Tirso de Molina makes explicit how the two principal motifs were joined together: The Trickster of Seville and the

MOTIF HARRY LEVIN 1968

Luis de Leon is nothing like so famous as Cervantes, as Lope de Vega, as Tirso de Molina, as Ruiz de Alarcon, and as Calderon, whose names, if not their works, are familiar to the laity.

Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

The publication of the plays of Lope de Vega and of Tirso de Molina has affected the critical estimate of Calderón's work; he is seen to be inferior to Lope de Vega in creative power, and inferior to Tirso de Molina in variety of conception.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Luis de Leon is nothing like so famous as Cervantes, as Lope de Vega, as Tirso de Molina, as Ruiz de Alarcon, and as Calderon, whose names, if not their works, are familiar to the laity.

Fray Luis de Leon Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James 1921

But the monk, Tirso de Molina, who was the first to apply literary form to the legend, alone gives the character in its primitive simplicity.

The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia 1919

As to the personality back of the pseudonym "Avellaneda" many surmises have been made Lope de Vega has been suggested, so have Tirso de Molina and Juan Ruiz de Alarcon, but all proposed identifications have to be rejected.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

"Para todos" (1632), a fact which shows that he enjoyed popularity, when Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, and Calderon were in the height of their fame.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

Her reputation for goodness was unchanged by the lapse of time, her goodness stands approved to-day, and two dramatists, Tirso de Molina and Roca de Togores, have depicted her as a heroine in their plays.

Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901

-- Tirso de Molina was another prodigy of dramatic literature, and his fellow-countrymen assert that he wrote three hundred dramas, of which sixty-five are in existence.

Initiation into Literature ��mile Faguet 1881

All European literatures, utilising Don Juan, became tributaries to Tirso de Molina.

Initiation into Literature ��mile Faguet 1881