num_pages: 229
description: In comedia societies, a public-opinion system known as honor, complicated by love and desire among men and women, organizes the characters. Violence, the oldest means of social control, results, defining class lines as well as sex roles. A model based on René Girard's theories exposes the social dynamic of works by Lope de Vega and Calderón, and illuminates their portrayal of societies, especially as interpreted for the viewing public.
language: English
title: Deceit Plus Desire Equals Violence: A Girardian Study of the Spanish «Comedia»
titlecomplete: Deceit Plus Desire Equals Violence: A Girardian Study of the Spanish «Comedia» (American University Studies)
publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers