Life's a Dream - Softcover

Pedro Calderon De La Barca

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ISBN 10: 0871292955 ISBN 13: 9780871292957

Publisher: Dramatic Pub Co, 1999

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A beautiful and haunting tale of love, betrayal, knowledge, and power, Life�‚�’s a Dream (La vida es sue�ƒ±o, 1636) is the best known and most widely admired play of Catholic Europe�‚�’s greatest dramatist, Pedro Calder�ƒ³n de la Barca. Calder�ƒ³n�‚�’s long life (1600�‚�–1681) witnessed both the pinnacle and collapse of Spanish political power as well as the great flowering of Spanish classical literature.

Despite its longtime place atop the Hispanic canon, Calder�ƒ³n�‚�’s masterpiece remains relatively unknown by general readers outside the Spanish-speaking world. Michael Kidd�‚�’s new prose translation aims to correct this deficiency by rendering the play into a transparent, modern American idiom that preserves the beauty and complexity of Calder�ƒ³n�‚�’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.

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Co-Winner of the 2004 Colorado Endowment for the Humanities Publication Prize

About the Author:

Michael Kidd is a visiting professor and research associate at Carleton College.

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