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Don Pedro Calderón / Don W. Cruickshank

Author
Cruickshank, Don William
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
xxi, 471 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
Note on measurements, currency, translations and dates -- 1. The birthplace: Madrid in 1600 -- 2. The family background -- 3. Childhood and early adolescence -- 4. A turning-point -- 5. A talent discovered by accident -- 6. Letters, not arms -- 7. Blasphemy, sacrilege and lese-majeste -- 8. Lessons for controlling personalities -- 9. Only poetry, not precious stones -- 10. Taking over from Lope -- 11. Knight of Santiago -- 12. Discordant voices -- 13. The storm gathers -- 14. War and disillusionment -- 15. A time to mourn -- 16. Beginning to recover -- 17. Epilogue: The glories of the world -- Appendix: Calderon's dramatic works mentioned in this book -- Index of Calderon's works.
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ISBN
9780521765152
0521765153
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-434) and indexes.
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