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by Pedro Calderon de la Barca (Author).

by Pedro Calderon de la Barca (Author). ISBN-13: 978-0871292957. one of the many pleasure of reading this translation is that it is almost like reading La vida es sueno for the first time. -Michael McGaha Bulletin of the Comediantes.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño (17 January 1600 – 25 May 1681), usually referred as Pedro Calderón de la Barca (UK: /ˌkældəˈrɒn ˌdeɪ læ ˈbɑːrkə/, US: /ˌkɑːldəˈroʊn ˌdeɪ lə -, - ˌdɛ lə -/, Spanish: [ˈpeðɾ.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño (17 January 1600 – 25 May 1681), usually referred as Pedro Calderón de la Barca (UK: /ˌkældəˈrɒn ˌdeɪ læ ˈbɑːrkə/, US: /ˌkɑːldəˈroʊn ˌdeɪ lə -, - ˌdɛ lə -/, Spanish: ), was a dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden Age. During certain periods of his life he was also a soldier and a Roman Catholic priest

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Michael Kidd's new prose translation aims to correct this deficiency by rendering the play into a transparent, modern American . Pedro Calderon de la Barca.

Michael Kidd's new prose translation aims to correct this deficiency by rendering the play into a transparent, modern American idiom that preserves the beauty and complexity of CalderA?n's Baroque Spanish. The result is a highly readable and adaptable text that is enhanced by a generous selection of supporting materials, including a thorough critical introduction and glossary. Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Eventually, the prolific Calderón would write approximately 120 full-length dramatic works, 80 one-act autos sacramentales (religious mystery plays), and many other short pieces of poetry and theater.

Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения. Eventually, the prolific Calderón would write approximately 120 full-length dramatic works, 80 one-act autos sacramentales (religious mystery plays), and many other short pieces of poetry and theater.

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Calderon De La Barca, Pedro. Fine in Near Fine DJ. A prose translation and critical introduction by Michael Kidd. A beautiful and haunting tale of love, betrayal, knowledge, and power that was first published in Spanish in 1636. A comprehensive introduction that takes up the life of the author, the history of Golden Age Spain, the genre of the comedia and its historical and mythical contexts ISBN: 0870817760.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca, (born January 17, 1600, Madrid, Spain-died May 25, 1681, Madrid), dramatist and poet who succeeded Lope de Vega as the greatest Spanish playwright of the Golden Age. Among his best-known secular dramas are El médico de su honra (1635; Th. . Among his best-known secular dramas are El médico de su honra (1635; The Surgeon of His Honour), La vida es sueño (1635; Life Is a Dream), El alcalde de Zalamea (c. 1640; The Mayor of Zalamea), and La hija del aire (1653; The Daughter of the Air ), sometimes considered his masterpiece. He also wrote operas and plays with religious or mythological themes.

He was ordained in 1651, and became a priest at San Salvador at Madrid. He was appointed honorary chaplain to Philip IV in 1663, and continued as chaplain to his successor.