Golden Age Drama in Spain General Consideration and Unusual Features / by Sturgis E. Leavitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leavitt, Sturgis E. (Sturgis Elleno), 1888-1976, author.

Series:

Studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; no. 121.

University of North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; number 121

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Spanish drama--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Spanish drama.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages).

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019

Summary:

This volume contains sixteen articles that have been previously published in various journals and homage volumes but are now almost inaccessible, if not entirely forgotten. Two of these articles deal with the Golden Age drama in general, and the others concern rather unusual aspects of the theatrical production of the period.

Contents:

The popular appeal of Golden Age drama in Spain

Spanish comedias as pot boilers

Lions in early Spanish literature and on the Spanish stage

Strip-tease in Golden Age drama

Scenes of horror in Golden Age drama

Some aspects of the grotesque in the drama of the Siglo de Oro

Notes on the gracioso as a dramatic critic

The gracioso takes the audience into his confidence

Lope de Vega and the New World

A maligned character in Lope de Vega's El mejor alcalde el rey

Divine justice in the Hazañas del Cid

A note on the Burlador de Sevilla

Did Calderón have a sense of humor?

Humor in the autos of Calderón

Pedro Crespo and the Captain in El alcalde de Zalamea

Cracks in the structure of Calderń's El alcalde de Zalamea

Some fields for further research in Golden Age drama.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4696-4621-8

OCLC:

1082876726