Life's a Dream

Life's a Dream
ISBN-10
0871292955
ISBN-13
9780871292957
Category
Drama
Pages
112
Language
English
Published
1990
Publisher
Dramatic Publishing
Author
Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Description

Exploring the conflict between free will and predestination, Calderon's most famous play tells of Segismundo, a Polish prince, imprisoned at birth by his father, the King, to thwart the predictions of astrologers. The dual-language edition features an excellent new literal translation on pages facing the original Spanish text. Introduction, Notes.

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