Name: Fuenteovejuna: A Dual-Language Book (in English)
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Author: Lope de Vega
ISBN: 9780486420929

portada Fuenteovejuna: A Dual-Language Book (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Lope de Vega

Illustrated by

Stanley Appelbaum

Publisher

Dover Publications

Topic

european - general

Year

2003

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.3 x 14.1 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN13

9780486420929

Synopsis "Fuenteovejuna: A Dual-Language Book (in English)"

From the golden age of the Spanish theater comes this captivating seventeenth-century drama of peasantry defending their honor against oppression by a feudal lord. Based on a historical incident during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, Fuenteovejuna takes its name from an Andalusian town in which the residents unite to enact justice when faced with vicious oppression.One of Spain's most highly esteemed and prolific playwrights, Lope de Vega (1562-1635) created a remarkable number of plays, noteworthy for their individual freshness, sincerity, and spontaneity. This edition of Fuenteovejuna, one of his most popular works, features an informative introduction with background on Spanish theater in the time of Lope de Vega as well as on the dramatist's career and on the play itself. The editor and translator has supplied an excellent English prose version on the pages facing the original Spanish for an absolutely complete edition -- not freely adapted, but as close to the meaning of the original text as possible. Any student of Spanish language or literature will welcome this versatile and well-edited edition of a masterpiece of Spanish drama.

Lope de Vega

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FÉLIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO (Madrid, 1562 – 1635). Dramaturgo y poeta español, revolucionó el género dramático en el Siglo de Oro. En 1577 ingresó en la Universidad de Alcalá y más tarde se puso al servicio de diversos hombres poderosos. Convertido en un autor famoso y un digno padre de familia tras romper con su amante, Lope recibió dos duros golpes en apenas un año: las muertes de su hijo y su esposa en 1612 y 1613, lo que le sumió en una profunda crisis que le llevó a vestir los hábitos. Llegó incluso a oficiar misa. De ese período son obras como La dama boba, El perro del hortelano y Fuenteovejuna. Tanto en cantidad como en calidad, su obra es inabarcable, especialmente su teatro, género en el que el volumen de su producción es difícilmente cuantificable, incluso por los expertos.

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