The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria, play in English translation The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria, play in English translation

The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria, play in English translation

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According to Wikipedia: "Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Henao (January 17, 1600 – May 25, 1681), was a dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age… Calderón initiated what has been called the second cycle of Spanish Golden Age theatre. Whereas his predecessor, Lope de Vega, pioneered the dramatic forms and genres of Spanish Golden Age theatre, Calderón polished and perfected them. Whereas Lope's strength lay in the spontaneity and naturalness of his work, Calderón's strength lay in his capacity for poetic beauty, dramatic structure and philosophical depth. Calderón was a perfectionist who often revisited and reworked his plays, even long after they debuted. This perfectionism was not just limited to his own work: many of his plays rework existing plays or scenes by other dramatists, improving their depth, complexity, and unity. (Many European playwrights of the time, such as Molière, Corneille and Shakespeare, reworked old plays in this way.) Calderón excelled above all others in the genre of the "auto sacramental", in which he showed a seemingly inexhaustible capacity to giving new dramatic forms to a given set of theological constructs. Calderón wrote 120 "comedias", 80 "autos sacramentales" and 20 short comedic works called "entremeses". Although his fame dwindled during the 18th century, it was rediscovered by Goethe, who made him translated to german, and from that point on, he has been widely considered as one of the finest playwrights of the western baroque world."

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2009
1 February
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
141
Pages
PUBLISHER
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
SIZE
142.2
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