Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Studies in Romance languages ; 29 |
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Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 29.
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Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I The Birth and Development of Spanish National Drama; CHAPTER II Lope de Vega and the Formation of the Comedia; CHAPTER III The Proliferation of the Comedia: Lope de Vega's Contemporaries; CHAPTER IV Calderón: The Apogee of the Comedia; CHAPTER V The Decline: Calderón's Contemporaries and Imitators; CHAPTER VI The Comedia since; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Summary |
Spain's Golden Age, the seventeenth century, left the world one great legacy, the flower of its dramatic genius -- the comedia. The work of the Golden Age playwrights represents the largest combined body of dramatic literature from a single historical period, comparable in magnitude to classical tragedy and comedy, to Elizabethan drama, and to French neoclassical theater. A History of Spanish Golden Age Drama is the first up-to-date survey of the history of the comedia, with special emphasis on critical approaches developed during the past ten years. A history of the comedia necessarily focuses |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Spanish drama -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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DRAMA -- Continental European.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Drama.
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Spanish drama -- Classical period
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780813164977 |
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0813164974 |
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