Don Pedro Calderon
By: Don W. Cruckshank.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
ISBN-13: 9780521765152
Subjects: Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, -- 1600-1681
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-434) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The birthplace: Madrid in 1600; title: The family background; title: Childhood and early adolescence; title: A turning-point; title: A talent discovered by accident; title: Letters, not arms; title: Blasphemy, sacrilege and lèse-majesté; title: Lessons for controlling personalities; title: Only poetry, not precious stones; title: Taking over from Lope; title: Knight of Santiago; title: Discordant voices; title: The storm gathers; title: War and disillusionment; title: A time to mourn; title: Beginning to recover; title: Epilogue: the glories of the world.