Women Playwrights of Early Modern Spain
Ten Plays, by Feliciana Enriquez de Guzman, Ana Caro Mallen, and Sor Marcela de San Felix
Translated and annotated by Harley Erdman
Edited by Nieves Romero-Diaz and Lisa Vollendorf
This volume presents ten plays by three leading women playwrights of Spain’s Golden Age. Included are four bawdy and outrageous comic interludes; a full-length comedy involving sorcery, chivalry, and dramatic stage effects; and five short religious plays satirizing daily life in the convent. A critical introduction to the volume positions these women and their works in the world of seventeenth-century Spain.
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Translated and annotated by Harley Erdman
Edited by Nieves Romero-Diaz and Lisa Vollendorf
This volume presents ten plays by three leading women playwrights of Spain’s Golden Age. Included are four bawdy and outrageous comic interludes; a full-length comedy involving sorcery, chivalry, and dramatic stage effects; and five short religious plays satirizing daily life in the convent. A critical introduction to the volume positions these women and their works in the world of seventeenth-century Spain.
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