El Caballero de Olmedo by Lope de Vega Carpio
Edited by Anthony Lappin
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Book Information
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-7060-0
- Pages: 176
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Price: £10.99
- Published Date: October 2006
- BIC Category: Literature & literary studies / Literary studies: general, Literature & literary studies / Literature: history & criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Literature: history & criticism, Theatre studies, Literature
- Series: Hispanic Texts
Description
El Caballero de Olmedo is a history play, a retelling of a folk talk, a celebrated piece of Golden Age drama, and also an intense mediation upon the power of desire, the deceits of eroticism and literary convention, the injustice of a world obsessed with appearance, and the tragic potential inherent in the courting of beautiful women. The introduction sets this play within the context of Baroque eroticism and sexual mores as well as dramatic practice. The text is presented with glosses to words unfamiliar to undergraduate students; the notes comprise summaries of acts and scenes from a dramatic point of view, and in-depth notes to problematic passages in the text, written with an undergraduate readership in mind.
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
El Caballero de Olmedo
Act one
Act two
Act three
Commentary
Glossary
Bibliography
Editor
Anthony John Lappin is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Manchester