The physician of his honour = El médico de su honra / Pedro Calderón de la Barca ; translated with an introduction, notes, and appendix by Dian Fox with Donald Hindley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681.

Contributor:

Fox, Dian.

Hindley, Donald.

Series:

Aris & Phillips Hispanic classics

Standardized Title:

Médico de su honra. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681--Translations into English.

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro.

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681.

History.

Spain--History--711-1516--Drama.

Spain.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

208 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Second edition / by Dian Fox.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books, [2007]

Language Note:

English and Spanish on facing pages with introductory material and appendix in English.

Summary:

One of the most intellectually and emotionally engaging of the Spanish Golden Age (seventeenth century) plays, as well as the most controversial. Taking place during the reign of King Pedro of Castile (1350-1369), it is one of the spectacular 'honour dramas', in which the main characters confront compelling yet conflicting imperatives. The Physician of His Honour is beautiful in its poetry and unsettling in its resolution. For more than 350 years the play and its author have been as fiercely reviled as they have been enthusiastically acclaimed by audiences and readers. First published in 1997, for the second edition the translation has been extensively revised, with the aim of simplifying the English, whilst continuing to respect and acknowledge as much as possible the beauties and challenges of the original Spanish.

Notes:

Previous ed.: Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-34).

ISBN:

0856687774

9780856687778

OCLC:

71239292