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Three Major Plays (Oxford World's Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lope De Vega
Creator: Gwynne Edwards
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 244053
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 1
ISBN: 0199540179
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9780199540174
ASIN: 0199540179
Publication Date: August 1, 2008
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Lope de Vega (1562-1635), widely regarded as the architect of the drama of the Spanish Golden Age, created plots and characters notable for their energy, inventiveness, and dramatic power. This unique edition includes his most famous play, Fuente Ovejuna, as well as The Knight from Olmedo and Punishment without Revenge. Presented here in superb translation, these plays embody the very best of Lope's dramatic art.
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 Fascinating Lope de Vega August 28, 2001
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
This is a great presentation of three of the best Golden Age Spanish plays, which reveal psychological complexity in the context of rapid action. This translation of the plays is excellent in keeping the feel of their fast pace while giving graceful phrases to the characters. The three plays are first the most famous "Fuente Ovejuna" (which is a formula for civil disobedience against the unjust rulers), followed by "The Knight from Olmedo" ( a story of love, heroism, and jealosy which reveals how justice was enacted in that era), and finally "Punishment Without Revenge" ( a story of fiery love and how it burns its victims). The only thing I wished was that this could have been a bilingual edition with the Spanish on one page and the English on the facing page so we could correlate the beauty of the two languages. However, it is really a delight to be able to read a modern translation of these works.
 (Todos a una) Fuenteovejuna! February 6, 2000
10 out of 18 found this review helpful
If you think Cervantes was Spain's Shakespeare, you're dead wrong! 'Twas Lope; perhaps the greatest playwriter in history, after Billy the Bard!
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