The limits of illusion : a critical study of Calderón
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PQ6317.I44 C37 1984
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PQ6317.I44 C37 1984
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xvii, 181 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-176) and index.
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This is the first thorough study of Calderón in comparison with other important dramatists of the period: Lope de Vega and Tirso de Molina in Spain, Racine and Corneille in France, and Shakespeare and Marlowe in England. Cascardi studies Calderón's paradoxical engagement with illusion in its philosophical guise as scepticism. He shows on the one hand Calderón's moral will to reject illusion and on the other his theatrical need to embrace it. Cascardi discusses plays from every period to show how in Calderón's best work illusion is not rejected; instead, scepticism is absorbed. Calderón is placed in and defined against the philosophical line of Vives, Descartes, and Spinoza. Of central importance to this argument is Calderón's idea of theatre and the various transformations of that idea. This emphasis will give the book an additional interest to students, readers in philosophy and comparative literature.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cascardi, A. J. (1984). The limits of illusion: a critical study of Calderón . Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cascardi, Anthony J., 1953-. 1984. The Limits of Illusion: A Critical Study of Calderón. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cascardi, Anthony J., 1953-. The Limits of Illusion: A Critical Study of Calderón Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Cascardi, A. J. (1984). The limits of illusion: a critical study of calderón. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cascardi, Anthony J. The Limits of Illusion: A Critical Study of Calderón Cambridge University Press, 1984.
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