Tragic drama in the golden age of Spain
Subtitle: seven essays on the definition of a genre
By: Henry W. Sullivan
Series: Teatro del siglo de oro. Estudios de literatura -- 133; Teatro del Siglo de Oro -- 133.
Publisher: Edition Reichenberger
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Kassel
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9783944244693
Subjects: Spanish drama (Tragedy); History and criticism
Notes: Essays.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface & acknowledgments; title: 1. Prolegomena : classical Spanish tragedy across the centuries; title: 2. Genus sui generis : this tragecy is written in the Spanish style; title: 3. Kronos versus Oedipus : inversion of the father-son conflict & golden-age uxoricide; title: 4. Hamartia : fatal flaw of chracter or fatal error of judgment?; title: 5. Moira Christiana? : the Spanish quarrels on grace and free will in the Corrales; title: 6. Catharsis Christana? : pity & fear in Spanish tragedy; title: 7. Epilogos : general conclusion; title: Appendix A: Index of tragic dramas listed alphabetically by individual author; title: Appendix B: Summary of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos.