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Renaissance Drama in England and Spain: Topical Allusion and History Plays
By (Author) John Clyde Loftis
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
29th April 2019
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: general
822.309
Paperback
304
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Spain alone produced a Renaissance drama comparable to that of England, yet the two nations were enemies, separated by the worldwide conflict of Catholics and Protestants. Major dramatists on both sides addressed the divisive issues: Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, and Calderon de la Barca in Spain; Shakespeare, Marlowe, Chapman, Massinger, and Midd