Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the World Theatre in Early Modern Europe : : The Theatrum Mundi of Celebration / / Rasmus Vangshardt.

Rasmus Vangshardt offers an original interpretation of one of the most famous images of literary history, the theatrum mundi. By applying methods of comparative literature, hispanic studies, and theology, he reconsiders the world theatre’s historical peak in early modern Europe in general and the Sp...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2024 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2023]
©2024
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Early Drama, Art, and Music
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Texts and Translations
  • Introduction: Plaything or Purpose
  • Chapter 1 A Poetics of Festivity
  • Chapter 2 A Circular Colosseum: The Loa
  • Chapter 3 El gran teatro del mundo
  • Chapter 4 Aesthetic Theodicy
  • Conclusion: “The Modern Age Begins with an Act of Theodicy”
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names