by Tirso de Molina · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472940833
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«El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra» is the play by Tirso de Molina published by Ediciones Aubí in paperback (220 pages, in Spanish).
The play presents don Juan, a young Sevillian nobleman who deceives several women with false promises and kills the commander. He then mocks the commander's statue and invites it to dinner; the statue comes and the story moves towards the famous denouement of the stone guest.
First edition, published in 1978, in the Clásicos y Ensayos collection (no. 17), with introduction, bibliography and notes by Manuel Carreras Díaz.
For literature students and readers interested in classical Spanish theatre and the origin of the don Juan myth.
Gabriel Téllez, O. de M., also known as Tirso de Molina, was a Spanish Baroque dramatist and poet, as well as a Mercedarian friar, and Catholic priest. He is primarily known for writing The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest, the play from which the character Don Juan originates. His work also includes female protagonists and the exploration of sexual issues.
