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Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Scenario i PART ONE: THE SETTING 1. Spain ii 2. Mexico 37 3. Interpreting "Holy Wednesday" 89 PART TWO: THE PLAYS Prologue to the Translations 105 The Translations 109 Commentary on the Plays 165 Appendix: Comparative Texts 255 I. The Tulane Despedimiento 255 II. Scenes from the Passion, Fray Alonso de Escalona 259 III. The Harrowing of Hell, Fray Alonso de Escalona 263 IV. The Harrowing of Hell, Sermones enMixicnno 266 V. The Harrowing of Hell and the Resurrection of Christ, Psalmodia Christiana 270 Notes 279 References Cited 291 Index 307 viii Contents ...

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