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Valle Inclan: The Grotesque Farce of Mr Punch the Cuckold (Hispanic Classics) (Spanish Edition)
Robin Warner
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Paperback.
It may well be the sheer virtuosity of its writing that has deprived English audiences hitherto of an opportunity to appreciate Los cuernos de Don Friolera . This comic masterpiece by Spain's most innovative modern dramatist provides a provocatively sardonic treatment of marital infidelity and honourable revenge. Intricate in construction and thoughtful in the issues it raises, the play is nonetheless vivid in its impact as it veers disconcertingly between witty debate, uproarious farce and ludicrously overblown melodrama. The traditions and institutions which, in the 1920s (and, in some cases, for ... Read more
It may well be the sheer virtuosity of its writing that has deprived English audiences hitherto of an opportunity to appreciate Los cuernos de Don Friolera . This comic masterpiece by Spain's most innovative modern dramatist provides a provocatively sardonic treatment of marital infidelity and honourable revenge. Intricate in construction and thoughtful in the issues it raises, the play is nonetheless vivid in its impact as it veers disconcertingly between witty debate, uproarious farce and ludicrously overblown melodrama. The traditions and institutions which, in the 1920s (and, in some cases, for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856685422
SKU
V9780856685422
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About Robin Warner
Translated from a new version of the Spanish text compiled and collated by Dominic Keown and Robin Warner
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