The Dramatic World of Valle-Inclan

By Robert Lima

Valle-Inclan considered as actor, director and playwright, with bibliography of his plays.

Daring, innovative, controversial, often satirical, a dramatist ahead of his time, Ram n del Valle-Incl n (1866-1936) was one of Spain's 'Generation of 1898', and an influence on such later movements as the Theatre of Cruelty and the Theatre of the Absurd. Lima's study first examines Valle-Incl n's day-to-day involvement with the theatre as actor, director-dramaturg and playwright. This is followed by an account of Valle-Inclan's full-length and one-act plays, which demonstrate the foibles and follies of human behaviour, and are discussed here under a variety of thematic headings.

There follows an up-to-date bibliography of the plays, from editions contemporary with the author through those published posthumously; it includes translations of the dramas into many languages, as well as a worldwide selection of critical studies.

ROBERT LIMA is Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Comparative Literatures, The Pennsylvania State University.

Ram n del Valle-Incl n (1866-1936) era un dramaturgo muy innovador, miembro de la Generaci n del '98, pero tambi n una fuente de inspiraci n m s tarde para el Teatro de la Crueldad y el Teatro del Absurdo. La monograf a de Lima empieza por examinar el rol desempe ado por Valle-Incl n como actor, director, y dramaturgo. Concluye con un an lisis detallado de los dramas de Valle-Incl n, tanto los grandes como los menores, enfoc ndose en la manera en que el dramaturgo espa ol crea una visi n penetrante de los errores y debilidades de la conducta humana; la obra dram tica se analiza en varias secciones tem ticas. Esta monograf a tambi n incluye una bibliograf a exhaustiva sobre los dramas de Valle-Incl n, incluyendo traducciones y estudios cr ticos.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855660911
• ISBN13: 9781855660915
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Tamesis Books
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.4"