In this Book
- Life's a Dream (La Vida es Sueño): (La Vida es Sueño)
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: University Press of Colorado
summary
A beautiful and haunting tale of love, betrayal, knowledge, and power, Life's a Dream (La vida es sueño, 1636) is the best known and most widely admired play of Catholic Europe's greatest dramatist, Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681). Calderón's long life witnessed both the pinnacle and collapse of Spanish political power as well as the great flowering of Spanish classical literature. Michael Kidd's new prose translation renders Calderón's masterpiece into a transparent, modern American idiom that preserves the beauty and complexity of Calderón's Baroque Spanish. The result is a highly readable and adaptable text that is enhanced by a generous selection of supporting materials, including a thorough critical introduction and glossary.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-40
- Translator's Notes
- pp. 41-70
- Suggestions for Directors
- pp. 71-76
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 77-88
- Life’s a Dream: A Prose Translation
- pp. 89-104
- Cast of Characters
- pp. 90-106
Additional Information
ISBN
9780870818059
Related ISBN(s)
9780870817762, 9780870817779
MARC Record
OCLC
57666663
Pages
174
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No