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One of the most intellectually and emotionally engaging of the Spanish Golden Age (seventeenth century) plays, as well as the most controversial. Taking place during the reign of King Pedro of Castile (1350¡1369), it is one of the spectacular 'honour dramas', in which the main characters confront compelling yet conflicting imperatives.

Table of Contents
  • Revisited Introduction
  • The playwright
  • The comedia
  • The drama de honour
  • Structure
  • Characters
  • The metaphor
  • Historical Contexts and responses
  • Staging and setting
  • Translating and edited calderon
  • The edition
  • A word on the second edition
  • Acknowledgement
  • bibliography
  • El medico de su honra- The Physician of His Honour
  • Primera Jornada - Act One
  • Segunda Jornada - Act Two
  • Tercera Jornada - Act Three
  • Appendix:Honor and Honra in The Physician of His Honour

The Physician of His Honour El Medico De Su Honra

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    Publisher: Liverpool University Press
    Publication Date: 6/27/2007 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780856687778, 978-0856687778
    ISBN10: 0856687774
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    One of the most intellectually and emotionally engaging of the Spanish Golden Age (seventeenth century) plays, as well as the most controversial. Taking place during the reign of King Pedro of Castile (1350¡1369), it is one of the spectacular 'honour dramas', in which the main characters confront compelling yet conflicting imperatives.

    Table of Contents
    • Revisited Introduction
    • The playwright
    • The comedia
    • The drama de honour
    • Structure
    • Characters
    • The metaphor
    • Historical Contexts and responses
    • Staging and setting
    • Translating and edited calderon
    • The edition
    • A word on the second edition
    • Acknowledgement
    • bibliography
    • El medico de su honra- The Physician of His Honour
    • Primera Jornada - Act One
    • Segunda Jornada - Act Two
    • Tercera Jornada - Act Three
    • Appendix:Honor and Honra in The Physician of His Honour

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