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Gil Vicente: Three Discovery Plays: Auto da Barca do Inferno, Exortacao da Guerra, Auto da India
Häftad, 1997
583 kr
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The three plays edited and translated in this volume are strongly linked to what we now think of as the Portuguese Discoveries. All three are fundamentally concerned with the expansion of Portugal in Africa and India through either crusade or commerce. In the introductions to the plays, the …
Christians and Moors in Spain. Vol 3: Arab sources
Av Charles Melville, Ahmad Ubaydli
Häftad, 1992
522 kr
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The last two volumes in this series have looked at the confrontation between Christian and Moor in Medieval Spain exclusively from the Christian side.This book attempts to redress the balance by looking at many of the same incidents from the Moslem point of view. Apart from military encounters, …
Tirso de Molina: The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest
Av Edwards
Häftad, 1986
583 kr
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Tirso de Molina was, with Lope de Vega and Calderon, one of the great dramatists of 17th century Spain, which produced a theatre as vital rich and as varied as its Elizabethan counterpart. The Trickster of Seville is thoroughly representative of the drama of Spain's Golden Age: a drama of …
The Poem of my Cid
Häftad, 1987
531 kr
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One of the most powerful and sustained works in all medieval literature, without which no series could be considered complete. The Poem of My Cid deals with the exploits of the medieval Castilian warrior, beginning with the sorrow of his departure into exile and focusing on his determination to …
Tirso de Molina: Tamar's Revenge
Av Lyon
Häftad, 1998
531 kr
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The story comes from the Second Book of Samuel and tells of the incestuous passion of Amnon, David's eldest son, for his half-sister, Tamar and the subsequent murder of Amnon by his brother Absolom. Amnon's lust is set in the context of complementary passions of ambition and revenge, reflected in …
Lope de Vega: Fuente Ovejuna
Av Dixon
Häftad, 1989
583 kr
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Fuente Ovejuna (C.1613) is the most famous and frequently performed play by the creator of Spanish theatre, Lope de Vega (1562-1635). Astonishingly for its period, it celebrates the murder in 1476 of a nobleman, the Grand Commander of the Military Order of Calatrava, by the peasants he had …
Calderon: The Schism in England: La cisma de Inglaterra
Av Kenneth Muir
Häftad, 1990
635 kr
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Admired by Shelley for 'its satisfying completeness', this thought-provoking and skilfully constructed play, which dramatizes the same subject as Shakespeare's Henry VIII , is one of its creator's most outstanding achievements. Understandably, Calderon offers an interpretation of King Henry's …
Lorca: Mariana Pineda
Av Havard
Häftad, 1987
548 kr
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Mariana Pineda (1925) was Lorca's first success in the theatre. Based on a popular Andalusian ballad, it tells the story of Mariana Pineda who was garrotted in 1831 under the reactionary regime of Ferdinand VII for embroidering a Liberal flag and refusing to betray her lover. Written during the …
Lorca: Yerma
Häftad, 1987
531 kr
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One of Lorca's best known plays tells the story of a young peasant wife in rural Spain whose sole conscious desire is to embody what she regards as the natural, moral and social laws governing her life as a woman in motherhood. The tragedy of Yerma, which literally means 'barren', in this powerful …
Spanish Ballads
Av Roger Wright
Häftad, 1987
531 kr
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The Spanish ballad tradition is one of the largest and most colourful in Europe, as reflected in the present collection of 71 of the best examples. They include tales of love and adventure, ancient legends such as those of Rodrigo the last Visigothic king, the battle of Roncesvalles and Bernardo …
Lopes: The English in Portugal 1383-1387
Av Derek W. Lomax, R. J. Oakley
Inbunden, 1988
2139 kr
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It is astonishing that this is the first English translation of these Chronicles , as they are undoubtably amongst the finest produced in the Middle Ages and treat an important episode in the Hundred Years War. Lopes' mastery of dramatic narrative and picturesque description, so ably captured in …
Lopes: The English in Portugal 1383-1387
Av Derek W. Lomax, R. J. Oakley
Häftad, 1988
600 kr
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It is astonishing that this is the first English translation of these Chronicles , as they are undoubtably amongst the finest produced in the Middle Ages and treat an important episode in the Hundred Years War. Lopes' mastery of dramatic narrative and picturesque description, so ably captured in …
Calderon: The Painter of his Dishonour, El pintor de su deshonra
Av Paterson
Häftad, 1991
583 kr
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Alan Paterson presents Calderon's original text, from manuscript and printed sources, with a skilful verse translation into English of a remarkable play, in which Calderon develops the motif of marital honour in quite original ways. The blending of deep pathos and humour anticipates the modern …
Francisco de Quevedo: Dreams and Discourses
Av Britton
Inbunden, 1989
2389 kr
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The Suenos is one of the most controversial, witty and fantastic works of early 17th century Spanish literature. The five Dreams minutely analyse stupidity, ignorance and evil, as these could be found in contemporary society. The work's serious moral intention, often masked by the author's pointed …
Francisco de Quevedo: Dreams and Discourses
Av Britton
Häftad, 1989
588 kr
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The Suenos is one of the most controversial, witty and fantastic works of early 17th century Spanish literature. The five Dreams minutely analyse stupidity, ignorance and evil, as these could be found in contemporary society. The work's serious moral intention, often masked by the author's pointed …
Calderon: Love is no laughing matter
Av Sean Page
Häftad, 1986
583 kr
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Although Calderon's comedy has received rather less attention than the other genres in which he excelled, it is widely acknowledged that his comic plays are inrivalled among his contemporaries in terms of plot structure and technical expertise; they also explore contemporary issues to an extent …
Christians and Moors in Spain, Volume I: AD 711-1150
Av Colin Smith
Häftad, 1988
491 kr
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This volume gathers together extracts from texts in Latin, Hispanic vernaculars, and French, concerning the relations of the Christians and Moors in Spain in the first four hundred years of their co-existence in the Peninsula. An effort has been made to illustrate aspects other than the exclusively …
Christians and Moors in Spain. Vol 2 Latin documents and vernacular documents AD 1195-1614
Av Colin Smith
Häftad, 1989
522 kr
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The two previous volumes draw a fascinating picture of the confrontation between the Christians and Moors in Spain from the Christian side. This volume attempts to redress the balance by describing many of the same incidents from the Muslims' point of view. The close intermingling of Christians and …
Tirso de Molina: Don Gil of the Green Breeches
Av Minter
Inbunden, 1991
2389 kr
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Tirso de Molina enjoys enduring popularity as a writer of irreverent comedies, though his critical reputation as a major dramatist rests largely on his more serious works. Don Gil of the Green Breeches as befits a high farce is much concerned with disguise, mistaken identity, role-reversal, ghosts, …
Tirso de Molina: Don Gil of the Green Breeches
Av Minter
Häftad, 1991
670 kr
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Tirso de Molina enjoys enduring popularity as a writer of irreverent comedies, though his critical reputation as a major dramatist rests largely on his more serious works. Don Gil of the Green Breeches as befits a high farce is much concerned with disguise, mistaken identity, role-reversal, ghosts, …
Albuquerque
Caesar of the East. Selected Texts by Afonso de Albuquerque and His Son
Häftad, 1990
600 kr
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Of all the remarkable people who first opened up the rest of the world to the Europeans Columbus, Magellan, Vasco da Gama, Pizarro and Cortes Afonso de Albuquerque, governor of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515, was one of the most astonishing. He was a commander of bold strategic conceptions, a …
Lorca: Gypsy Ballads
Häftad, 1990
548 kr
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Lorca's famous Gypsy Ballads were composed in the 1920s, when his poetic style was evolving from the traditional towards the surrealist. The combination of the ballad's perennial narrative format with startling and allusive imagery has intrigued readers ever since. Dr Havard argues that the …
Valle Inclan: The Grotesque Farce of Mr Punch the Cuckold
Av Robin Warner, Dominic Keown
Häftad, 1991
548 kr
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It may well be the sheer virtuosity of its writing that has deprived English audiences hitherto of an opportunity to appreciate Los cuernos de Don Friolera . This comic masterpiece by Spain's most innovative modern dramatist provides a provocatively sardonic treatment of marital infidelity and …
Buero Vallejo: A Dreamer for the People
Av Thompson
Häftad, 1994
583 kr
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Buero Vallejo is Spain's most important living playwright. His profound, innovative theatre has earned him success and respect since 1949. Each new play has been an exciting experiment with dramatic form as well as a powerful expression of a tragic view of human life and Spanish society. A Dreamer …
Valle Inclan: The Lights of Bohemia
Av John E. Lyon
Häftad, 1993
548 kr
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Written in the early 1920s, Lights of Bohemia is set in the twilight phase of Madrid's bohemian artistic life against the turbulent social and political background of events between 1900 and 1920. The play's protagonist, the poet Max Estrella, confronts the dilemma between art and social commitment …
Vicente Blasco Ibanez: The Holding (La Barraca)
Av Lester Clark, Eric Farrington Farrington Birchall m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
531 kr
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This passionate and moving story of social injustice, violence and revenge, set in the Valencian huerta, has become the classic text of Spanish regional realism. Blasco Ibanez, the 'Spanish Zola', dramatically confronts one of the great social issues of the late nineteenth century, the possession …
The Book of the Lover and the Beloved
Inbunden, 1996
2389 kr
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Ramon LLull (1232-1316) was born the son of a prosperous Catalan merchant and spent his youth pursuing worldly pursuits, until a series of powerful visions of Christ moved him to devote his life entirely to serving God. One of his lifelong ambitions was to write a book to counter the "errors of the …
The Book of the Lover and the Beloved
Häftad, 1996
548 kr
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Ramon LLull (1232-1316) was born the son of a prosperous Catalan merchant and spent his youth pursuing worldly pursuits, until a series of powerful visions of Christ moved him to devote his life entirely to serving God. One of his lifelong ambitions was to write a book to counter the "errors of the …
Lazarillo de Tormes
Häftad, 2000
548 kr
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Lazarillo de Tormes (1554) is here offered facing the brilliant Tudor English translation of David Rowland of Anglesey (1586). Ostensibly a racy autobiography of a young rogue and his succession of masters, in reality it is a comical and caustic expose of sixteenth century Spanish society, and …
Antonio Machado: Lands of Castile and Other Poems
Av Salvador Ortiz-Carboneres, Paul Burns
Häftad, 2002
548 kr
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Antonio Machado was born in Seville in 1885 and died in southern France early in 1939, escaping from the Nationalist advance in the Spanish Civil War. He is increasingly recognized as one of the four greatest Spanish-language poets of the twentieth century, but lack of adequate translations has …
