Alcalde De Zalamea (Commonwealth Library)

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pergamon Press

El Alcalde de Zalamea

El alcalde de Zalamea

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Elsevier

Théatre de Calderon, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

Forgotten Books

Throughout the world, people believe that much of what they do is accidental, ordinary, and inconsequential, while other acts can bring on divine retribution or earn eternal grace. In Man and the Sacred, Caillois demonstrates how humanity's ambiguous attitude toward the sacred influences behavior and culture. Drawing on a diverse array of ethnographic contexts, including the sexual rituals of the Ba-Thong of South Africa and evidence drawn from aboriginal Australian, Eskimo, and traditional Chinese social systems, Caillois analyzes the role of the forbidden in the social cohesion of the group. He examines the character of the sacred in the light of specific instances of taboos and transgressions, exploring wide differences in attitudes toward diet and sex and extreme behaviors associated with the sacred, such as rapture and paroxysm. He also discusses the festival--an exuberant explosion following a period of strict repression--and compares its functions with those of modern war. A classic study of one of the most fundamental aspects of human social and spiritual life, Man and the Sacred--presented here in Meyer Barash's superb English translation--is a companion volume to Caillois's Man, Play and Games.

Eight Dramas of Calderón

Edward, FitzGerald

Humor & Entertainment

University of Illinois Press

Excerpt from Teatro Selecto de Calderon de la Barca, Vol. 4: Obras Varias, Comedias: No Siempre Lo Peor Es Cierto, Guárdate del Agua Mansa; Zarzuelas: El Laurel de Apolo, la Púrpura de la Rosa; Autos Sacramentales: La Cena de Baltasar, la Vida Es Sueño, Á Dios por Razon de EstadoVirgilio-la Enez'da, traduccion directa del latin, e\nver so y con notas de D. Miguel Antomo Caro. Las ¿glogas, traduccion en Verso. De Hidalgo. - Las geórgicas, traduccion en verso, de Caro; ambas traduc ciones directas del latin, con un estudio del Sr. Me nendez Pelayo.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Teatro Selecto de Calderon de la Barca, Vol. 4: Obras Varias, Comedias: No Siempre Lo Peor Es Cierto, Guárdate del Agua Mansa; Zarzuelas: El Laurel de ... Es Sueño, Á Dios por Raz (Spanish Edition)

Excerpt from Teatro Selecto de Calderón de la Barca, Vol. 3: Comedias de Capa y Espada; Casa Con Dos Puertas Mala Es de Guardar, la Dama Duende, No Hay Burlas Con el Amor, Mañanas de Abril y MayoY pues él se ausenta y ella, No culpeis la ausencia mia; Decid a vuestra porfia, Piedra, acero o girasol.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Teatro Selecto de Calderón de la Barca, Vol. 3: Comedias de Capa y Espada; Casa Con Dos Puertas Mala Es de Guardar, la Dama Duende, No Hay Burlas Con el Amor, Mañanas de Abril y Mayo (Classic Reprint)

Klassische Bühnendichtungen der Spanier, Vol. 3: Calderon, der Richter von Zalamea, Nebst dem Gleichnamigen Stücke des Lope De Vega (Classic Reprint)

In recent years, the English-language theatre has rediscovered Calderón and a number of highly successful productions have been staged. These translations by Gwynne Edwards capture the ferocious spirit of his work in sharp and speakable translation
 The three plays included here represent Calderon's most celebrated work, in which he explores the extent of man's freedom in a hierarchical society often bound by anachronistic codes of conduct. The plays are The Surgeon of Honour, described by Michael Billington as 'one of the most disquieting plays in all world drama ... a dark masterpiece', Life is a Dream, Calderón's most famous play, and Three Judgements in One, less well-known but one of his finest works."Calderon excels all modern dramatists with the exception of Shakespeare, whom he resembles in the depth of thought and subtlety of his writings" (Shelley)

Calderon Plays 1: The Surgeon of Honour; Life is a Dream; Three Judgements in One (World Classics)

Methuen Drama

Geistliche Festspiele, Vol. 5: In Deutscher Uebersetzung mit Erklärendem Commentar und Einer Einleitung Über die Bedeutung und den Werth Dieser Dichtungen (Classic Reprint)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

A product of the golden age of Spanish drama, Life Is a Dream (La vida es sueño) is the masterpiece of Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681), a contemporary of Lope de Vega and one of Spain's greatest literary figures. Acclaimed for his superb dramatic instincts and philosophical seriousness as well as his extraordinary imagination, Calderón exercised his best qualities in this allegorical play, an exploration of the mysteries of human destiny, the illusory nature of earthly existence, and the struggle between predestination and free will. The story revolves around the moral dilemmas of a Polish prince, unjustly imprisoned by his suspicious father. Against a background of revolution, Calderón builds a dramatic edifice of outstanding theatricality, rich in symbolism and metaphor, expressed in magnificent poetry. This excellent new English translation is absolutely complete, and as close and direct as possible. Ample footnotes and an informative introductory Publisher's Note enhance the value of its modest price.

Life Is a Dream (Dover Thrift Editions: Plays)

Dover Publications

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