by Tirso de Molina · Ediciones Akal · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788446020776
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«El burlador de Sevilla» is the play attributed to Tirso de Molina, published by Ediciones Akal in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
Dramatic work attributed to Tirso de Molina. It presents the first great literary incarnation of the Don Juan myth: a transgressive seducer who defies social and religious norms, women marked by his deceptions, and a supernatural denouement. It establishes the essential traits of the Don Juan archetype and is a landmark of Spanish Baroque theater.
Akal Literaturas collection, no. 35, edited by Carmen Becerra Suárez. Original title: «El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra».
Recommended for students and readers interested in classical Spanish theater, the Golden Age, and the evolution of the Don Juan myth.
Gabriel Téllez, O. de M., also known as Tirso de Molina, was a Spanish Baroque dramatist and poet, as well as a Mercedarian friar, and Catholic priest. He is primarily known for writing The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest, the play from which the character Don Juan originates. His work also includes female protagonists and the exploration of sexual issues.
