The dramatic world of Valle-Inclán
By: Robert Lima.
Series: Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ;; 198
Publisher: Támesis
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K; Rochester, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Valle-Inclán, Ramón del, 1866-1936 -- Dramatic works.
Description: "This study first examines Valle-Inclan's day-to-day involvement with the theatre as actor, director-dramaturg and playwright. It then turns to Valle-Inclan's full-length and one-act plays, which demonstrate the foibles and follies of human behaviour, and are discussed here under a variety of thematic headings.

There follows an up-to-date bibliography of the plays, from editions contemporary with the author through those published posthumously; it includes translations of the dramas into many languages, as well as a selection of critical studies worldwide."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-287) and index.
Table of contents: title: Phases: entrances and exits; title: The histrionic years (1895-1899); title: The neophyte years (1903-1913); title: The masterful years (1920-1936); title: Premises: major themes; title: Masked desires (La marquesa Rosalinda); title: Crowned heads (Cuento de abril, Voces de gesta, La enamorada del rey, La reina castiza, La hija del capitán); title: Feudal lives (El Marqués is de Bradomín, Cara de plata, Aguila de blasón, Romance de lobos); title: Triadic constructs (Romance de lobos, Divinas palabras, Luces de bohemia); title: Primal fears (El Marqués de Bradomín, Comedias bárbaras, El embrujado, Divinas palabras); title: Absurd times (Luces de bohemia, Divinas palabras, Los cuernos de don Friolera); title: Death throes (El yermo de las almas, La cabeza del bautista, La rosa de papel, Sacrilegio, Ligazón); title: Military bombast (La cabeza del dragón, Las galas del difunto, Los cuernos de don Friolera, La hija del capitán).