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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John Lyon
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 05.11.2009
• EAN: 9780521122474
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12247-4
• Pages: 244
• Thèmes: Cambridge Iberian and Latin Am; Cambridge Iberian and Latin American Studies
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, Spanish, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights