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The Baroque or The Golden Age

It is considered that the Spanish Baroque covers between the end of the sixteenth century and well into the eighteenth century. Some of the founding works of this period correspond to Lope de Vega and Góngora. Some of the most influential authors of the period are: Miguel de Cervantes (author of "Quijote" and several "nouvelles", he is considered the founding father of the modern western novel), Francisco de Quevedo (author of "El buscón" And of numerous poetic works and political essays), Luis de Góngora (well-known poet, author of "Fabula de Priamo and Tisbe"), Lope de Vega (his most important work is considered "Fuenteovejuna"), Baltasar Gracián "), Tirso de Molina (" El Burlador de Sevilla ") and Pedro Calderón de la Barca (author of the well-known work" La vida es sueño ").