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Author Ziomek, Henryk

Title A history of Spanish Golden Age drama / Henryk Ziomek
Published Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©1984

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Description 1 online resource
Series Studies in Romance languages ; 29
Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 29.
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
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Subject Spanish drama -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
DRAMA -- Continental European.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Drama.
Spanish drama -- Classical period
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813164977
0813164974