by Antonio Mira de Amescua · tapa dura · ISBN 9788423936823
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«El ejemplo mayor de la desdicha. La Fénix de Salamanca» is a theatre volume by Antonio Mira de Amescua, in hardback (246 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together two plays by Antonio Mira de Amescua: «El ejemplo mayor de la desdicha» and «La Fénix de Salamanca». Both pieces belong to Spanish classical theatre of the Golden Age and represent a sample of Antonio Mira de Amescua's dramatic output.
Volume from the Clásicos Castellanos collection, with edition, prologue and notes by Ángel Valbuena Prat. Published by Espasa Calpe in 1973.
Recommended for readers interested in Spanish classical theatre and Golden Age literature.
Antonio Mira de Amescua, Spanish dramatist, was born at Guadix (Granada) about 1578. He is said, but doubtfully, to have been the illegitimate son of one Juana Perez. He took orders, obtained a canonry at Guadix, and settled at Madrid early in the 17th century. He is mentioned as a prominent dramatist in Rojas Villandrandos Loa (1603), which was written several years before it was published. In 1610, being then arch-dean of Guadix, he accompanied the count de Lemos to Naples, and on his return to Spain was appointed (1619) chaplain to the Cardinale-Infante Ferdinand of Austria; he is referred to as still alive in Montalbán's Para todos (1632), and he collaborated with Montalbán and Calderón in Polifemo y Circe, printed in 1634. The date of his death is not known.
