El lopismo inglés del siglo XVIII: Sir John Talbot Dillon (1739-1805) y William Hayley (1745-1820)

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Abstract: English opinions about Lope de Vega during the last quarter of the eighteenth century are extremely important to understand not only how Lope’s image in this country evolved, but also to appreciate to what extent Lope became a battlefield in the Europeanwide controversy about rules and good taste. To illustrate this conflict, the present article examines the opinions about Lope that we can find in the work of two eighteenth-century Hispanists, John Talbot Dillon (1739-1805) and William Hayley (1745-1820). Studying them in the context in which they were written, and contrasting their sources and criteria, we explain the meaning and importance of these texts in their European context, and we offer in an appendix a translation so that specialists can compare them with the work of the well-known English lopistas of the nineteenth century (Lord Holland, Shelley, etc.).Keywords: Lope de Vega, John Talbot Dillon, William Hayley, english lopismo, Herder, good taste.