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Poesia Selecta
It came on time. It was a great book. It was useful for my presentation for Spa 752 (Spanish poetry class) this summer. ... Read more

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Lope de Vega's religious plays are a distinctive part of his output, but little scholarly work is available on them. This study focuses on five plays, La hermosa Ester, the Isidro plays, Lo fingido verdadero and La buena guarda. Within the context of the seventeenth-century stage, Canning examines Lope's manipulation of religious material, and his treatment of socio-literary themes - love, the role of women - and the way in which they are employed to generate audience reception. She considers the relationship between religious drama and metatheatre, focusing on Lope's techniques for highlighting the illusory nature of life and the relationship between lo verdadero and lo divino, concepts which lie at the heart of the theocentric world view of seventeenth-century Spain. The conflicting imperatives of human and divine love and the issue of identity are features of all of the plays. And she shows that the interplay between illusion and reality and the relationship between playwright and audience are crucial to Lope's dramatic output.Las comedias religiosas de Lope de Vega constituyen una parte fundamental de su producción dramática. Sin embargo, no han recibido el reconocimiento que merecen. Este libro ofrece un análisis de cinco obras: La hermosa Ester, La niñez y La juventud de San Isidro, Lo fingido verdadero y La buena guarda. Canning examina las distintas formas de recepción por parte del público teniendo en cuenta la manipulación de las fuentes hagiográficas y bíblicas y el tratamiento que Lope da a temas socioliterarios tales como el amor y el papel de la mujer. Además, analiza la metateatralidad de la comedia religiosa y los recursos autorreferenciales empleados por Lope para poner de relieve la relación entre la vida y la ilusión, entre lo verdadero y lo divino, conceptos que formaron una parte intrínseca de la cosmovisión teocéntrica de la España del siglo XVII. Los imperativos contradictorios del amor humano y el amor divino y la complejidad de la identidad son temas que se presentan en todas las obras. Canning demuestra que la conexión entre la ilusión y la realidad y la relación entre el dramaturgo y el público son cruciales para la producción dramática de Lope. ... Read more

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pleasant Spanish comedy
As far as I know, El perro del hortelano (The gardener's dog) is a truly unique work in Lope de Vega's canon, although there may be some similar comedies among the hundreds of plays this Spanish author wrote. It shows only vestiges of the typical dramas of the Spanish Golden Age, i. e. the plot does not moves around the typical vengeance-for-the-loss-of-the-honour-of-the-virgin-daughter (though the former Spanish caste-system also plays a very important role here) and contrary to what the title might suggest, neither gardeners nor dogs pop up during the story. The title refers to a Spanish saying about the gardener's dog, who does not eat his bone but neither lets any other eat it. This refers to the behaviour of the aristocrat heroine in the story who is in love with a scribbler of a lower rank, but still she does not let him marry to other girls. The freshness of the story comes partly from the psychologically complex characters, especially the already mentioned princess, who knows that is impossible to have her love (don't worry, the story does have a happy ending) but still gives false hopes to the poor hero. The charm of the story also comes from the witty dialogues, the truly original word-plays, especially during the duel of the two lovers, that can remind us of the fighting couples of the Shakespearean comedies, like Taming of the shrew and Much ado about nothing.Recommended to all men trying to all men who hopelessly try to get their seemingly unreachable idol. ... Read more

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A Spanish classic
This work by Lope de Vega, one of the best Spanish playwrights ever, is simply amazing.Read in it's original language, the simbolism and story line are amazing.It is truly a classic play! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Una coleccion de textos adaptados que reivindica el valor y vigencia de los clasicos en pleno siglo XXI. ... Read more

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Served all my needs!
My book had no writing, highlighting, marks, anything--it looked like it's been read before, and that's it.Delivery was quick, too! ... Read more