Theatre of Valle-Inclan

Klappentext This is a full-length study in English of the Spanish dramatist Ram n del Valle-Incl n (1866 1936). Zusammenfassung This is a full-length study in English of the Spanish dramatist Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936). Written for a theatre of his imagination, these works reveal an early attempt to wean Spanish drama from representational naturalism by the use of cinematic techniques and a heightened dramatic language reflecting broad cultural identities. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Valle-Inclán and Symbolist aesthetics; 2. The early theatre: Cenizas and El Marqués de Bradomín; 3. The hero and his chorus: the Comedias bárbaras; 4. Culmination of the collective heroic theatre: Cuento de abril and Voces de gesta; 5. The transitional phase: La Marquesa Rosalinda and El embrujado; 6. Two late farces: La enormorada del rey and Farsa y licencia de la reina castiza; 7. The dynamic tension: Divinas palabras; 8. The metamorphoses of the esperpento: Luces de Bohemia, Los cuernos de don Friolera, Las galas del difunto and La hija del capitán; 9. The hero's return? Cara de plata; 10. The grotesque as tragedy: Retablo de la avaricia, la lujuria y la muerte; 11. Valle-Inclán and the modern theatre; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Lyon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2009
• EAN: 9780521122474
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12247-4
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Cambridge Iberian and Latin Am; Cambridge Iberian and Latin American Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, Spanish, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights