A Star-crossed Golden Age: Myth and the Spanish ComediaFrederick A. De Armas Bucknell University Press, 1998 - 247 pagine This collection of essays grew out of a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute directed by Frederick A. de Armas and contains essays by the director, some of the visiting faculty, and the participants. The book seeks to develop the link between mythology and the comedia through a number of approaches, including astrology, cartomancy, pre-Socratic elemental cosmology, iconography, hagiography, metamorphoses, Lacanian psychoanalysis, Jungian principles, the philosophy of Schopenhauer, Santayana's poetics, syncretism, gender studies, and Vedic theories. |
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The Presence of the Four Elements in El burlador de Sevilla | 30 |
The Hermetic Tarot of the Numancia | 46 |
Spheres of Reality in Ruiz de Alarcons La verdad sosphechosa | 62 |
The Metamorphic Tradition | 73 |
The Mythological and Astrological Subtexts of La fundadora de la Santa Concepcion | 75 |
Myth and Metamorphosis in Tirsos Privar contra su gusto | 89 |
Gender Ambiguity and Destiny in Golden Age Drama | 112 |
Myth and the Honor Code in Lope de Vegas El perro del hortelano | 137 |
Astraea the Pax Christiana and Lope de Vegas Santa Casilda | 150 |
Gilas Role in Velez de Guevaras La serrana de la Vera | 162 |
The Gods of Calderon | 177 |
The Duality of Calderons La estatua de Prometeo | 179 |
Discovering Infinity in the Labyrinth of Reason | 197 |
Versions of Christian Truth in Calderons Orpheus Autos | 219 |
Works Cited | 229 |
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Abenámar Achilles action Agueda allegory amor ancient androgyny Apollo Aquiles Armas Astraea astrological Beatriz blanca burlador de Sevilla Calderón Casilda characters Christian classical Daphne death Deidamia Diana divine Don Juan Doña drama Edited Emblem Epimetheus estatua de Prometeo Fadrique Fadrique's father figure fire four elements García gender Gila Gila's goddess Greek honor code human Ícaro Isabel Isabela Jacinta Juan de Cardona Juan's Juno king labyrinth Leonora Lope de Vega Lucrecia Madrid mano Marquino marriage Metamorphoses metaphor Minerva monstruo mujer myth mythical mythology Numancia Numantines Orpheus Ovid Ovid's pagan paradox paso Perro play play's Privar Prometeo Prometheus pues reference Renaissance represents role Segismundo serrana mountain woman Siglo de Oro Spain Spanish Golden Age story symbol tarot teatro Teodoro theater tion Tirso de Molina Toruvio tradition transformation translation Tristán truth University Press Vedic Vélez Venus verdad sospechosa vida es sueño
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