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Pedro Calderón de la Barca

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In the original Spanish, Life Is a Dream is a verse play. In translations attempting to be true to the original verse form, the qualities that add to the play's appealits lyricism, poetic invention, and linguistic beautycan make the play seem stilted and more difficult and less engaging than it is. Edward and Elizabeth Huberman, in 1963, fashioned a prose translation of La vida es sueño that, while it does...

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Life Is a Dream

5,462 words, approx. 19 pages

Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderon de la Barca Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-81) shared with Lope de Vega the distinction of being one of Spains two most celebrated playwrights during its... Read more

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE Pedro Calderon de la Barca was born in Madrid, January 17, 1600, of good family.  He was educated at the Jesuit College in Madrid and at the University of Salamanca; and a doubt... Read more

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Pedro Calderón

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The Spanish poet and playwright Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Henao (1600-1681) is second only to Lope de Vega in Spain's Golden Age, 1580-1680. He used the stage to interpret and champion Catho... Read more

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