| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 159 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction. Spain at the turn of the century (1600) ; The Spanish comedia ; Calderón the man : a brief chronology ; Life's a dream : analysis and interpretation -- Translator's notes. Dialect ; Historicity ; Medium : verse vs. prose ; Scene boundaries ; Proper names ; Wordplay ; Textual variants and obscurities -- Suggestions for directors -- Selected bibliography -- Life's a dream : a prose translation |
| Summary |
"Life's a Dream (La vida es sueno, 1636) is the best known and most widely admired play of Catholic Europe's greatest dramatist, Pedro Calderon de la Barca. Calderon's long life (1600-1681) witnessed both the pinnacle and collapse of Spanish political power as well as the great flowering of Spanish classical literature." |
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"Despite its longtime place atop the Hispanic canon, Calderon's masterpiece remains relatively unknown by general readers outside the Spanish-speaking world. Michael Kidd's new prose translation aimed to correct this deficiency by rendering the play into a transparent, modern American idiom that preserves the beauty and complexity of Calderon's Baroque Spanish. The result is a text that is enhanced by a selection of supporting materials, including a thorough critical introduction and glossary."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-88) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681. Vida es sueño.
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| SUBJECT |
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681. Vida es sueño
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Calderon de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681. cct |
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Vida es sueño (Calderón de la Barca, Pedro) fast (OCoLC)fst01358573 |
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DRAMA -- Continental European.
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DRAMA -- European -- General.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Drama.
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Théâtre.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kidd, Michael, 1968-
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| ISBN |
0870818058 |
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9780870818059 |
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