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The Play of Power: Mythological Court Dramas of Calderon de la Barca
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Full Title:
The Play of Power: Mythological Court Dramas of Calderon de la Barca
Contributors:
By (Author) Margaret Rich Greer
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
30th May 2017
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
862.3
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
276
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Weight:
680g
Description
Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681), one of the great dramatists of Spain's Golden Age, wrote a series of mythological spectacle plays for the Habsburg courts. Written when court spectacles were an instrument of monarchical absolutism, these later works by Calderon have often been dismissed by critics as servile flattery of the royalty or mere d
