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El Castigo Sin Venganza: Lope De Vega Carpio
Jonathan Thacker
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Description for El Castigo Sin Venganza: Lope De Vega Carpio
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El castigo sin venganza (1631) is Lope de Vega's greatest tragedy. The play dramatises the story of the adulterous relationship between the beautiful Casandra, Duchess of Ferrara, and her step-son, Federico, and the reaction of her husband, the Duke, himself a flawed and ambiguous figure. The dramatist, at the height of his powers, re-works an earlier Italian short story to explore the complexities of human desire and the grim consequences of giving in to temptation. Aimed principally at undergraduates who are new to Spanish Golden Age drama, this edition includes a substantial commentary on the text, ... Read more
El castigo sin venganza (1631) is Lope de Vega's greatest tragedy. The play dramatises the story of the adulterous relationship between the beautiful Casandra, Duchess of Ferrara, and her step-son, Federico, and the reaction of her husband, the Duke, himself a flawed and ambiguous figure. The dramatist, at the height of his powers, re-works an earlier Italian short story to explore the complexities of human desire and the grim consequences of giving in to temptation. Aimed principally at undergraduates who are new to Spanish Golden Age drama, this edition includes a substantial commentary on the text, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Hispanic Texts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719082306
SKU
V9780719082306
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Ref
99-15
About Jonathan Thacker
Jonathan Thacker is Professor of Golden Age Spanish Literature at the University of Oxford and Tutor in Spanish at Merton College -- .
Reviews for El Castigo Sin Venganza: Lope De Vega Carpio
'Likely to become a set text on Spanish courses in the UK, US and anywhere else that Golden Age drama features.' Alexander Samson, University College London 'Jonathan Thacker is to be highly commended for producing a thoroughly accessible edition of and companion to what is undoubtedly Lope's greatest tragedy, and clearly one of the great plays ... Read more