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- ↑ Frederick A. de Armas, The Invisible Mistress: Aspects of Feminism and Fantasy in the Golden Age, Charlottesville, Biblioteca Siglo de Oro, 1976
- ↑ Jaime Fernández, “Honor y moralidad en La viuda valenciana de Lope de Vega: ‘Un tan indigno ejemplo,’” Hispania 69 (1986): 821-29.
- ↑ Enrique Rull, “Creación y fuentes de La viuda valenciana de Lope de Vega,” Segismundo 7-8 (1968): 25-40.
- ↑ Esther Fernández, “La viuda valenciana o el arte de provocar ocultando,” Hispania 91.4 (2008): 774-84.
- ↑ Frederick A. de Armas, “De Tiziano a Rafael: pinturas y libros en La viuda valenciana de Lope de Vega,” Actas del XIV Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas, edited by Isaías Lerner, Robert Nival, Alejandro Alonso. Newark: Juan de la Cuesta, 2004. Vol. 2: 165-72.