Author : Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán
Release : 2016-08-08
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 567/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Women Playwrights of Early Modern Spain by : Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán
Download or read book Women Playwrights of Early Modern Spain written by Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán. This book was released on 2016-08-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents ten plays by three leading women playwrights of Spain’s Golden Age. Included are four bawdy and outrageous comic interludes; a full-length comedy involving sorcery, chivalry, and dramatic stage effects; and five short religious plays satirizing daily life in the convent. A critical introduction to the volume positions these women and their works in the world of seventeenth-century Spain.