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    Don Pedro Calderón by Cruickshank, Don W.;

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    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 29 October 2009

    • ISBN 9780521765152
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages494 pages
    • Size 235x158x29 mm
    • Weight 970 g
    • Language English
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    This book was the first scholarly biography of Spain's most important early modern dramatist to be published in English.

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    Don Pedro Calder&&&243;n de la Barca (1600-81) is Spain's most important early modern dramatist. His varied career as a playwright, courtier, soldier and priest placed him at the heart of Spanish culture, and he reflected on contemporary events in his plays, most famously La vida es sue&&&241;o (Life is a Dream). In this scholarly biography of Calder&&&243;n in English, Don Cruickshank uses his command of the archival sources and his unparalleled understanding of Calder&&&243;n's work to chart his life and his political, literary and religious contexts. In addition, the book includes much fresh research into Calder&&&243;n's writings and their attributions. This elegant, erudite work will bring Calder&&&243;n to a new audience both within and beyond Spanish studies. With illustrations, extensive notes and a detailed index, this is the most comprehensive English-language book on Calder&&&243;n, and it will long remain the key work of reference on this important author.

    'This book will be a must-read for students and scholars of early modern Spanish theatre and literature, and for early modern scholars in general. It is a superb work of scholarship, one that I cannot praise too highly.' Edward H. Friedman, Vanderbilt University

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Note on measurements, currency, translations and dates; 1. The birthplace: Madrid in 1600; 2. The family background; 3. Childhood and early adolescence; 4. A turning-point; 5. A talent discovered by accident; 6. Letters, not arms; 7. Blasphemy, sacrilege and l&&&232;se-majest&&&233;; 8. Lessons for controlling personalities; 9. Only poetry, not precious stones; 10. Taking over from Lope; 11. Knight of Santiago; 12. Discordant voices; 13. The storm gathers; 14. War and disillusionment; 15. A time to mourn; 16. Beginning to recover; Epilogue: the glories of the world; Appendix: Calder&&&243;n's dramatic works; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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