The Play of Power Mythological Court Dramas of Calderon de la Barca |
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| Author:
| Greer, Margaret Rich |
| Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-60135-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2017 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $67.99 |
Book Description:
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Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681), one of the great dramatists of Spain's Golden Age, wrote a series of mythological spectacle plays for the Habsburg courts. Written when court spectacles were an instrument of monarchical absolutism, these later works by Calderon have often been dismissed by critics as servile flattery of the royalty or mere d
Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681), one of the great dramatists of Spain's Golden Age, wrote a series of mythological spectacle plays for the Habsburg courts. Written when court spectacles were an instrument of monarchical absolutism, these later works by Calderon have often been dismissed by critics as servile flattery of the royalty or mere d