by Pedro Calderón de la Barca · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788481301564
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«La vida es sueño» is the play by Calderón de la Barca, in paperback (127 pages), published by El Mundo (Las 100 Joyas del Milenio).
The play revolves around Segismundo, a prince imprisoned since birth by order of his father, King Basilio, to prevent a prophecy that marks him as a cruel ruler from coming true. From that premise, Calderón reflects on destiny, free will, and the boundaries between wakefulness and dream.
Text in Spanish; edition with a prologue by Javier Villán, included in the collection Las 100 Joyas del Milenio.
Suitable for students of Spanish literature and for those approaching classical Spanish theater.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer. He is known as one of the most distinguished poets and writers of the Spanish Golden Age, especially for the many verse dramas he wrote for the theatre. Calderón has been termed "the Spanish Shakespeare", the national poet of Spain, and one of the greatest poets and playwrights in the history of world literature.
