Vida Es Sueno/Life is a Dream
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 feature...
El principe constante
First published in 1957 as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume is the second edition of a 1938 original. The book contains the original Spanish text of El príncipe constante, together with a short editorial introduction in Englis...
Life Is a Dream
A 17th-century allegory, which explores the mysteries of human destiny, the illusory nature of existence, and the struggle between predestination and free will.
Life is a Dream
Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price A masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age. It is foretold that Prince Sigismund will become a tyrant. Alarmed, his father, the king, imprisons him. When he is released for a day as an e...
Censor
"This is a profound and tragic vision of humanity at its bare, forked basics" (Patrick Marmion, Evening Standard) The Censor is "a gripping brief encounter between a pornographic film actress and the man with the licensing scissors....
Eight Dramas of Calderón
Throughout the world, people believe that much of what they do is accidental, ordinary, and inconsequential, while other acts can bring on divine retribution or earn eternal grace. In Man and the Sacred, Caillois demonstrates how humanity's ambigu...
Tre spanska dramer : Fårakällan. Livet är en dröm. Blodsbröllop.
Lope de Vega (1562-1635) och Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681) är två av de främsta dramatikerna från seklet som kallas Spaniens guldålder. Ingen annanstans i Europa skrevs så mycket teater som i Spanien vid den här tiden. Federico Garc...
Forces of Reproduction
The concept of Anthropocene has been incorporated within a hegemonic narrative that represents 'Man' as the dominant geological force of our epoch, emphasizing the destruction and salvation power of industrial technologies. This Element develops a...
The Integrated String Player
Pedro de Alcantara's The Integrated String Player: Embodied Vibration is a practical guide for all string players: violinists and violists, cellists and bassists, but also gamba players and anyone who makes music drawing a bow across a string. Doz...
Integrated Practice
To be a musician is to "speak music." When you have something to say and you know how to say it, your gestures and sounds become both expressive and free. Offering an innovative, comprehensive approach to musicians' health and well-being...