SPANISH

Calderón y el barroco: exaltación y engaño de los sentidos

By María Alicia Amadei-Pulice

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins
Year
1990
ISBN
9789027217479, 9781556190735, 9789027217486, 9781556190742
Language
spanish
Format
PDF
Filesize
114 MB (119099218 bytes)
Series
Purdue University Monographs in Romance languages 31
Pages
221\272
Time added
2017-03-05 08:02:25
-- 1600-1681 -- Criticism and interpretation;Baroq1500-1700 -- History and criticism;Theater -- SpaiCalderón de la BarcaPedro

Description

Amadei-Pulice examines the conflict between Lope's dramatic formula (comedia) and the new polytechnic formula that in the hands of Calderon merged dramatic poetry with visual and auditory effects (comedia de teatro). The author places the Spanish baroque theater within the wider context of a revolution in the theory of representation, signs, and meanings that took place at the beginning of the seventeenth century and marked the appearance of a new dramatic style: the stile rappresentativo. Special attention is given to the techniques and applications of perspectival scenery, stagecraft, optics, and the creation of visual and sound effects contributed by the Florentine melodramma. The highlighting of Italian dramatic theory and practice reveals that Calderon was an innovator and creator of a new concept in theater.

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