| Description |
1 online resource (153 pages) |
| Series |
Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ; 204 |
| Contents |
La hermosa Ester and the re-creation of the biblical Esther -- The re-presentation of Madrid's patrón in La niñez de San Isidro and La juventud de San Isidro -- Metatheatre and the Spanish comedia religioso -- Lo fingido verdadero as metaplay -- Doña Clara, saint or sinner? : role-playing within the role in La buena guarda |
| Summary |
A study of Lope's religious plays and their reflection of the theocentric world of seventeenth-century Spain. Lope de Vega's religious plays are a distinctive part of his output, but little scholarly work is available on them. This study focuses on five plays, La hermosa Ester, the Isidro plays, Lo fingido verdadero and La buena guarda. Within the context of the seventeenth-century stage, Canning examines Lope's manipulation of religious material, and his treatment of socio-literary themes - love, the role of women - and the way in which theyare employed to generate audience reception. She considers the relationship between religious drama and metatheatre, focusing on Lope's techniques for highlighting the illusory nature of life and the relationship between lo verdadero and lo divino, concepts which lie at the heart of the theocentric world view of seventeenth-century Spain. The conflicting imperatives of human and divine love and the issue of identity are features of all of theplays. And she shows that the interplay between illusion and reality and the relationship between playwright and audience are crucial to Lope's dramatic output. ELAINE CANNING lectures in Spanish at the University of Wales, Bangor |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-150) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635 fast |
| Subject |
Religious drama, Spanish -- History and criticism
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Christian saints in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
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Christian saints in literature
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Religious drama, Spanish
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Religieuze toneelstukken.
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Spaans.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846152726 |
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1846152720 |
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