by Pedro Calderón de la Barca · Espasa-Calpe SA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423903849
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«La devoción de la cruz» and «El gran teatro del mundo» are two plays by Calderón de la Barca, in paperback (Espasa-Calpe, 147 pages, Spanish).
Volume bringing together two pieces of Spanish classical theatre. «La devoción de la cruz» combines the religious and the tragic in a story of love, honour and faith. «El gran teatro del mundo» is an allegorical auto sacramental in which human life is represented as a stage directed by God, master of the destiny of men.
Part of the Colección Austral, number 384, from Espasa-Calpe; this 1986 edition was printed in Madrid.
Work of interest to students and readers of classical theatre and Golden Age literature.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer. He is known as one of the most distinguished poets and writers of the Spanish Golden Age, especially for the many verse dramas he wrote for the theatre. Calderón has been termed "the Spanish Shakespeare", the national poet of Spain, and one of the greatest poets and playwrights in the history of world literature.
