Publication details
The Prophetess and Life is a Dream: Two Early Modern Plays on Worldly Prerogative
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| Year of publication | 2002 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Brno Studies in English |
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| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | John Fletcher; Philip Massinger; Calderon; The Prophetess; Life is a Dream; baroque drama |
| Description | There are thematic similarities between two 17th-century plays, The Prophetess (1622) by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, and Calderon's La vida es sueno (Life is a Dream, c1635). The study analysis differences and similarities in the conception of worldly prerogative in both the plays. The appendix is a contribution to source studies of Calderon's play, an extract from Deník o jízdě a putování pana Lva z Rožmitálu a z Blatné... (Commentarius brevis et iucundus itineris atque peregrinationis) by Václav Šašek z Bířkova. The text suggests a possible existence of a 15th-century legend from around Salamanca in Spain, which could have been known and used by Calderon. |
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