Myth and Mythology in the Theater of Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Title | Myth and Mythology in the Theater of Pedro Calderón de la Barca PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Austin O'Connor |
Publisher | Bilingual Review Press (AZ) |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
The first comprehensive examination Calderon's mythological plays.
Communicating Myths of the Golden Age Comedia
Title | Communicating Myths of the Golden Age Comedia PDF eBook |
Author | Denise M. DiPuccio |
Publisher | Bucknell University Press |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780838753729 |
These dialogues express different world visions. If the expected cultural exchange takes place, then an enduring relationship of tolerance and understanding forms between the two worlds. Bonds that surpass temporal, geographic, and philosophical specificity attest to humankind's universal and atemporal need for myth. The questions, proposed answers, and subsequent revisions will, it is hoped, coexist in an ongoing dialogue among ancient, Golden Age, and contemporary individuals.
The Art of Humour in the Teatro Breve and Comedias of Calderón de la Barca
Title | The Art of Humour in the Teatro Breve and Comedias of Calderón de la Barca PDF eBook |
Author | Ted Lars Lennard Bergman |
Publisher | Tamesis Books |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9781855660960 |
Frantic and popular characters and situations from the entremes tradition, thought by many as opposing the comedias' main features, are instead shown to join and often dominate these features through the introduction of absurd figuras, slapstick, and burlas."--BOOK JACKET.
The Calderonian Stage
Title | The Calderonian Stage PDF eBook |
Author | Manuel Delgado |
Publisher | Bucknell University Press |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780838753316 |
"This collection of essays invites the contemporary reader to consider the works of Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-81), who became the most important and influential dramatist of the second period of the Spanish Golden Age, just as Lope de Vega (1562-1635) was for the preceding generation. A follower of Lope in his youth, Calderon, as a mature playwright, developed a drama all of his own, a drama that was highly conceptual, tightly knit, symbolic, and, in many cases, spectacular. Calderon's artistry in verbal and visual symbolism made the performance of his works a feast for both the senses and the intellect." "Until now, many of Calderon's critics have focused their attention on how the poetic devices, particularly metaphors and symbols, appearing in his plays represent his philosophy or his ideas. But as some scholars of Spanish Golden Age drama have argued, the study of Calderon's theater must take into account not only the literary text, but also the physical conditions of the stage, the elements used in the representation - decor, costumes, lighting, music - and the house dynamics at each performance. In other words, each play must be considered as a composition of the soul and body, of poetry and spectacle, in which both elements support, complement, and explain one another in performance." "This is the task that has been undertaken by the contributors to this volume. By focusing on the relationship between text and performance, they have highlighted several areas that are often overlooked in traditional text-based approaches. From different perspectives, they show how Calderon gives concrete shape to the concepts and tales from the Bible, theology, mythology, the Corpus Hermeticum, emblematic literature, philosophy, and realities of civic and domestic origin."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Metaphors of Conversion in Seventeenth-century Spanish Drama
Title | Metaphors of Conversion in Seventeenth-century Spanish Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie Levin |
Publisher | Tamesis |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781855660571 |
A new examination of the important theme of conversion in seventeenth-century Spanish drama.
The "beast/monster" and Desire in Three of Calderon De La Barca's Mythological Plays: Eco Y Narciso, El Monstruo De Los Jardines, and El Mayor Encanto, Amor
Title | The "beast/monster" and Desire in Three of Calderon De La Barca's Mythological Plays: Eco Y Narciso, El Monstruo De Los Jardines, and El Mayor Encanto, Amor PDF eBook |
Author | Hayden Donelan Duncan-Irvin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1991 |
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ISBN |
The Metamorphosis of Apuleius
Title | The Metamorphosis of Apuleius PDF eBook |
Author | Pasquale J. Accardo |
Publisher | Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780838639238 |
Lewis's Till We Have Faces being only one of the more notable recent retellings."--BOOK JACKET.