Calderon the Physician of His Honour

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Book Overview

One of the most intellectually and emotionally engaging of the Spanish Golden Age (seventeenth century) plays, as well as the most controversial. Taking place during the reign of King Pedro of Castile (1350 1369), it is one of the spectacular 'honour dramas', in which the main characters confront compelling yet conflicting imperatives. The Physician of His Honour is beautiful in its poetry and unsettling in its resolution. For more than 350 years...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0856687774
• ISBN13: 9780856687778
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.2"