La araucana, an annotated critical edition of a seventeenth-century Spanish auto-sacramental text
By: Patricio C. Lerzundi ; with a Preface by Marlene Gottlieb
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9780773415355
Subjects: Autos sacramentales; Spanish drama; History and criticism
Description: This book is the first annotated critical edition of a little known "auto sacramental" of early Spanish seventeenth century. The auto, representing the mystery of the Eucharist, developed as a literary genre peculiar to Spain, becoming a powerful vehicle to propagate Catholicism, first in Spain and later in the New World.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.