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Author Carrión, María M. (María Mercedes)

Title Subject stages : marriage, theatre and the law in early modern Spain / María M. Carrión
Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages : illustrations, portraits
Series University of Toronto romance series
University of Toronto romance series.
Contents Marital law and order in early modern Spain -- Marriage scenes in the archives -- The birth of the comedia and the bride onstage -- Foundational violence and the drama of honour -- Punishing illicit desire -- Woman in breeches -- Coda : the musical chairs of divorce
Summary Subject Stages argues that the discourses and practices of marital legislation, litigation, and theatrics informed each other in early modern Spain in ways that still have a critical bearing on contemporary events in Spain, such as the legalization of divorce in 1978 and of same-sex marriage in 2005
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-239) and index
Notes Includes some text in Spanish
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Subject Spanish drama -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
Marriage law -- Spain -- History -- 16th century
Marriage law -- Spain -- History -- 17th century
Theater -- Spain -- History -- 16th century
Theater -- Spain -- History -- 17th century
Marriage in literature.
Law and literature -- Spain -- History
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval.
DRAMA -- Continental European.
Law and literature
Marriage in literature
Marriage law
Spanish drama -- Classical period
Theater
Spain
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442686519
1442686510