Resumen de The poetry of Alonso de Castillo Solórzano and his circles in the Historia de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra (1639)

Jonathan David Bradbury

• This study examines the poetry included in Alonso de Castillo Solórzano’s Historia de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra (1639), unique in early modern Spain in that it recounts the history of Cleopatra and notable Roman figures in a hybrid form, interpolating twenty-seven poems (mainly sonnets), by Castillo Solórzano and twelve others, among its prose material. This article, analyses a selection of these poems, by Castillo Solórzano and by a sample of his collaborators, mainly associated with literary networks in Madrid or Valencia, and who range from now forgotten minor figures to authors of the highest stature, such as Lope de Vega.