Edward H. Friedman

Wit's End

An Adaptation of Lope de Vega's La Dama Boba

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Wit's End is a loose adaptation of La dama boba (The Lady Simpleton), a comedy by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. A contemporary of Shakespeare, Lope developed a dramatic model that became the reigning formula in Spain during the period now known as the Golden Age. Wit's End, like La dama boba, features two sisters - one mentally challenged and the other exceedingly bright - and two less-than-constant suitors. Love and ingenuity combine to produce a happy ending, engineered by the newly enlightened simpleton. Building on the ironies of gender politics, Wit's End presents the metamorphosis of the slow sister while allowing the intellectua… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-8204-4532-8
EAN: 9780820445328
Produktnummer: 19044161
Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 147 S.
Masse: H23.8 cm x B19.1 cm x D1.4 cm 342 g
Gewicht: 342
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

The Author: Edward H. Friedman is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. His research centers on Early Modern Spanish literature and contemporary narrative. His publications include The Unifying Concept: Approaches to Cervantes' Comedias and The Antiheroines's Voice: Narrative Discourse and Transformations of the Picaresque. He is editor of Bulletin of the Comediantes and vice president of the Cervantes Society of America.