{"product_id":"calderon-the-secular-plays-9780813114408","title":"Calderón: The Secular Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Ter Horst\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - Spanish \u0026amp; Portuguese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Pedro Calderón de la Barca was one of the greatest and most prolific playwrights of Spain's Golden Age, most of his nonallegorical \u003ci\u003ecomedias\u003c\/i\u003e -- 118 in all -- have remained unknown. Robert ter Horst presents here the first full-length study of these works, a sustained, meditative analysis dealing with more than 80 plays, conveying a sense of the whole of Calderón's secular theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo approach so vast a body of literature, Mr. ter Horst examines the meaning and function in Calderón of three broad subjects -- myth, honor, and history -- the warp threads across which the playwright weaves a subtle tapestry of contrasts, dualities, and conflicts: the private person versus the public person, the inner realm versus the outer, masculine against feminine, poet against prince.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Calderón who emerges is a consciously consummate artist whose lifelong study was the passions of the human mind and body. In addition, he is seen as a synthesizer of his Spanish literary heritage and especially as a brilliant adapter of Cervantes' insights to the stage. Robert ter Horst's profound and far-ranging analysis sheds light on many fine works previously neglected and finds new depths in such supreme achievements as \u003ci\u003eNo hay cosa como callar, El segundo Escipión, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa vida es suefio\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47592146501783,"sku":"9780813114408","price":4470.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780813114408.webp?v=1774976458","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/calderon-the-secular-plays-9780813114408","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}