Lope De Vega on Spanish Screens, 19352020 - The Shadow of the Phoenix

In this book, Philip Allen examines the presence of Lope de Vega's adapted work on Spanish screens since the mid-twentieth century. In his analysis, Allen revisits and problematizes stereotypes present in popular and academic culture surrounding the author's life and works, which have at times been co-opted as propaganda.

List of contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Out of the Ashes: Lope de Vega and Modern Media
Chapter 1: Unlucky Stars: The Dictatorship's Forbidden Films
Chapter 2: Despots and Dictators: Lope on TV and Film During the Dictatorship (1949-1975)
Chapter 3: Lope's Leading Ladies: Adaptations for the Democratic Era (1976-2020)
Chapter 4: The Phoenix Regenerated (1935-2018)
Conclusions: The Shadow of the Phoenix

About the author

By Philip Allen

Summary

In this book, Philip Allen examines the presence of Lope de Vega’s adapted work on Spanish screens since the mid-twentieth century. In his analysis, Allen revisits and problematizes stereotypes present in popular and academic culture surrounding the author’s life and works, which have at times been co-opted as propaganda.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Allen, Allen Philip
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781666911770
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-177-0
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Media Studies, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film history, theory & criticism, Film Theory & Criticism