The Pearl from Spain: Calderón’s La vida es sueño in the Dutch-Speaking Territories

Authors
Publication date 2023
Host editors
  • C. van der Haven
  • Y. Desplenter
  • J.A. Parente
  • J. Bloemendal
Book title Literatures without Frontiers
Book subtitle Transnational Perspectives on Premodern Literature in the Low Countries, 1200-1800
ISBN
  • 9789004544864
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9789004544871
Series Brill's Studies in Intellectual History
Event Literatures without Frontiers? Perspectives for a Transnational Literary History of the Low Countries
Chapter 10
Pages (from-to) 238-270
Publisher Leiden: Brill
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH)
Abstract Focusing on Pedro Calderón de la Barca's drama masterpiece La vida es sueño (Life is a dream), this article highlights (1) the popularity and attractivenss of Spanish plays in the Low Countries, and (2) the various ways of importing, translating and adapting the Spanish comedias for Dutch audiences.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Related publication Toneel (de Spaanse <i>comedia</i> op het Nederlandse toneel)
Published at
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004544871_012 (Final published version)
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