Arte de Bien Morir y la Contienda Del Cuerpo y Alma

This book is virtually the only source of knowledge concerning its author's early life. He was born in Montemor-o-Velho some ten or twelve years before the death of King Manuel in December 1521. About the time of the latter event he to Lisbon and intered 'the service or relatives.'

This study uses a novel by Guatemalan writer Asturias, winner of the 1967 Nobel prize, to analyze the construction of Guatemalan identity at the end of the 1940s and to consider the factors involved in representing a Third World country.

An elucidation in Spanish of the dramatic intentions and accomplishments of the two best imitators of the inspired craftsmanship of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, this is the first monograph to be published on Rojas Zorilla and Moreto for at least two decades. Following an introductory section, in which she discusses and compares the differing attitudes and methods of the two dramatists, the author concentrates on their respective achievements in the genres which they practiced with enthusiasm and ability. Among the comedies and serious secular plays selected for analysis are not only their...

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