The masterwork of Spain s preeminent dramatist now in a new verse translation
Life Is a Dream is a work many hold to be the supreme example of Spanish Golden Age drama. Imbued with highly poetic language and humanist ideals, it is an allegory that considers contending themes of free will and predestination, illusion and reality, played out against the backdrop of court intrigue and the restoration of personal honor.
In the mountainous barrens of Poland, the rightful heir to the kingdom has been imprisoned since birth in an attempt by his father to thwart fate. Meanwhile,...
The masterwork of Spain s preeminent dramatist now in a new verse translation
Life Is a Dream is a work many hold to be the supreme ex...
The most famous of all Calderon's varied and romantic dramas, this seventeenth-century masterpiece by the great Spanish playwright explores the conflict between free will and predestination as it focuses on the life of Segismundo, a Polish prince imprisoned at birth by his father, the King.The monarch's heartless action, precipitated by astrologers who predict the boy will one day usurp the throne, paves the way for a series of events that turn the son against the father and lead to rebellion. Years later, following a revolution and the peasants' seizure of power, the grim prophecy uttered at...
The most famous of all Calderon's varied and romantic dramas, this seventeenth-century masterpiece by the great Spanish playwright explores the confli...
Pedro Calderon de la Barca was a dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age, which occurred in the 1600's. Calderon was educated in a Jesuit college with plans to become a priest, but instead he studied law. Over two decades he wrote 70 secular plays for the commercial theatre. Life is a Dream is a three act play considered to be the best work by Calderon. It has been translated into English more than a dozen times in recent times. A polish prince is imprisoned by his father, because a prophecy says that the boy would one day endanger the kingdom. The translator has produced an excellent English...
Pedro Calderon de la Barca was a dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age, which occurred in the 1600's. Calderon was educated in a Jesuit college with pla...
Das philosophische Versdrama 'Das Leben ist Traum' entstand als eines der ersten von etwa einhundertundzwanzig Theaterstücken Calderóns und ist eines seiner am häufigsten aufgeführten Stücke. Es ist eines der ganz großen Werke der Weltliteratur und wurde viele Male ins Deutsche übersetzt; bekannt sind die Bearbeitungen durch Franz Grillparzer und Hugo von Hofmannsthal ('Der Turm'). Vorgelegt wird hier eine gründlich kommentierte Neuübersetzung durch den mehrfach ausgezeichneten Romanisten Hartmut Köhler.
Das philosophische Versdrama 'Das Leben ist Traum' entstand als eines der ersten von etwa einhundertundzwanzig Theaterstücken Calderóns und ist eine...