| Description |
xxi, 471 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-434) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The birthplace : Madrid in 1600 -- The family background -- Childhood and early adolescence -- A turning-point -- A talent discovered by accident -- Letters, not arms -- Blasphemy, sacrilege and lèse-majesté -- Lessons for controlling personalities -- Only poetry, not precious stones -- Taking over from Lope -- Knight of Santiago -- Discordant voices -- The storm gathers -- War and disillusionment -- A time to mourn -- Beginning to recover -- Epilogue : the glories of the world. |
| Subject |
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681.
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Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681. |
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Dramatists, Spanish -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780521765152 hardback |
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0521765153 hardback |
| Standard No. |
60001137433 |
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