Calderon (eBook)

The Secular Plays

Robert ter Horst (Autor)

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2021
264 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
9780813187716 (ISBN)

Infos

Although Pedro Caldern de la Barca was one of the greatest and most prolific playwrights of Spain's Golden Age, most of his nonallegorical comedias118 in allhave remained unknown. Robert ter Horst presents here the first full-length study of these works, a sustained, meditative analysis dealing with more than 80 plays, conveying a sense of the whole of Caldern's secular theater.To approach so vast a body of literature, Mr. ter Horst examines the meaning and function in Caldern of three broad subjectsmyth, honor, and historythe warp threads across which the playwright weaves a subtle tapestry of contrasts, dualities, and conflicts: the private person versus the public person, the inner realm versus the outer, masculine against feminine, poet against prince.The Caldern who emerges is a consciously consummate artist whose lifelong study was the passions of the human mind and body. In addition, he is seen as a synthesizer of his Spanish literary heritage and especially as a brilliant adapter of Cervantes' insights to the stage. Robert ter Horst's profound and far-ranging analysis sheds light on many fine works previously neglected and finds new depths in such supreme achievements as No hay cosa como callar, El segundo Escipin, and La vida es suefio.

Autor

Robert ter Horst is professor of Spanish at the University of Arizona and the author of numerous articles on Spanish literature.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.11.2021
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: calderonean dramaturgy • cervantes adaptations • golden age spanish drama • golden age spanish history • mythology in spanish literature • nonallegorical comedies of spanish drama • Pedro Calderon de la Barca • Renaissance Drama • spanish literary criticism and theory
• ISBN-13: 9780813187716 / 9780813187716