The masterwork of Spain s preeminent dramatist now in a new verse translation
Life Is a Dream is a work many hold to be the supreme example of Spanish Golden Age drama. Imbued with highly poetic language and humanist ideals, it is an allegory that considers contending themes of free will and predestination, illusion and reality, played out against the backdrop of court intrigue and the restoration of personal honor.
In the mountainous barrens of Poland, the rightful heir to the kingdom has been imprisoned since birth in an attempt by his father to thwart fate. Meanwhile,...
The masterwork of Spain s preeminent dramatist now in a new verse translation
Life Is a Dream is a work many hold to be the supreme ex...
Caldern parodia en un pasaje de esta pieza el sermn acusatorio que pronunci contra l un fraile tras su irrupcin en el convento en que se alojaba una hija de Lope de Vega. Calderon parodies in one passage from this work the sermon of accusation pronounced against himself by a friar after he entered a convent where a daughter of Lope de Vega was staying.
Caldern parodia en un pasaje de esta pieza el sermn acusatorio que pronunci contra l un fraile tras su irrupcin en el convento en que se alojaba una h...