Women Playwrights of Early Modern Spain
Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán author Ana Caro Mallén author Sor Marcela De San Félix author Harley Mitchell Erdman translator Lisa Vollendorf editor Nieves Romero-Diaz editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US
Published:1st Sep '16
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This volume presents ten plays by three leading women playwrights of Spain’s Golden Age. Included are four bawdy and outrageous comic interludes; a full-length comedy involving sorcery, chivalry, and dramatic stage effects; and five short religious plays satirizing daily life in the convent. A critical introduction to the volume positions these women and their works in the world of seventeenth-century Spain.
This timely edition of three women playwrights of Spain’s Golden Age fills a gap in the study of early modern Spanish theater. The plays have never been translated in any language and they have the potential to be taught in undergraduate and graduate courses. A biographical sketch and plot summary introduce each of the three authors, while the introduction elaborates on the varied experiences of these playwrights and their works. An overview of the different sites of theater and performance (corral, palace, and convent) effectively contextualizes the whole.
Sarah Owens
Professor of Spanish, Department of Hispanic Studies, College of Charleston
"This timely edition of three women playwrights of Spain’s Golden Age fills a gap in the study of early modern Spanish theater. The plays have never been translated in any language and they have the potential to be taught in undergraduate and graduate courses. A biographical sketch and plot summary introduce each of the three authors, while the introduction elaborates on the varied experiences of these playwrights and their works. An overview of the different sites of theater and performance (corral, palace, and convent) effectively contextualizes the whole."
-- Sarah Owens, College of Charle
ISBN: 9780866985567
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
Weight: 481g
272 pages