Ramón del Valle-Inclan: The Dead Man's Finery and the Captain's Daughter |
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Translator:
| Lonsdale, Laura |
Series title: | Aris and Phillips Hispanic Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-908343-24-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
Publisher: | Liverpool University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $33.00 |
Book Description:
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Las galas del difunto/ The Dead Man's Finery (1926) and La hija del capitán/ The Captain's Daughter (1927) are two of four tragic farceswritten by Ramón del Valle-Inclán for the theatre. Translated here for the first time into English, the plays demonstrate the dramatist's evolving theory of the esperpento as a satirical genre.
Las galas del difunto/ The Dead Man's Finery (1926) and La hija del capitán/ The Captain's Daughter (1927) are two of four tragic farceswritten by Ramón del Valle-Inclán for the theatre. Translated here for the first time into English, the plays demonstrate the dramatist's evolving theory of the esperpento as a satirical genre.