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Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Born

in Madrid, Spain

January 17, 1600

Died

May 25, 1681

Genre

Theatre

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Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Henao was a dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age.

Calderón initiated what has been called the second cycle of Spanish Golden Age theatre. Whereas his predecessor, Lope de Vega, pioneered the dramatic forms and genres of Spanish Golden Age theatre, Calderón polished and perfected them. Whereas Lope's strength lay in the sponteneity and naturalness of his work, Calderón's strength lay in his capacity for poetic beauty, dramatic structure and philosophical depth. Calderón was a perfectionist who often revisited and reworked his plays, even long after they debuted. This perfectionism was not just limited to his own work: many of his plays rework existing plays or scenes by other dramatists, improving their depth, comp ...more

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	La vida es sueño 3.94 avg rating — 29,142 ratings — published 1635 — 834 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El alcalde de Zalamea 3.50 avg rating — 1,981 ratings — published 1636 — 138 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El gran teatro del mundo / El gran mercado del mundo 3.79 avg rating — 755 ratings — published 1655 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La dama duende 3.53 avg rating — 732 ratings — published 1629 — 100 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La vida después de la muerte 3.32 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 2011 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El médico de su honra 3.57 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 1637 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La vida es sueño / El alcalde de Zalamea 3.89 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1635 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El príncipe constante 3.54 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1629 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El mágico prodigioso 3.74 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2015 — 129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Is a Dream and Other Spanish Classics (Eric Bentley's Dramatic Repertoire) - Volume II by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Lope de Vega 3.86 avg rating — 80 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“When love is not madness it is not love.”
― Pedro Calderon de la Barca

tags: love, romance

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“In this treacherous world
Nothing is the truth nor a lie.
Everything depends on the color
Of the crystal through which one sees it”
― Pedro Calderón de la Barca

tags: absolutes, evil, good, lies, perception, truth

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“¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión,
una sombra, una ficción,
y el mayor bien es pequeño:
que toda la vida es sueño,
y los sueños, sueños son.”
― Pedro Calderón de la Barca, La vida es sueño

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August 2020 Short Story/Novella Poll

Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson, 54 pages, 1890

115 votes, 35.0%

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, 106 pages, 1963

98 votes, 29.8%

The Machine Stops E.M. Forster, 48 pages, 1909

60 votes, 18.2%

Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, 126 pages, 1636

33 votes, 10.0%

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, 128 pages, 1955

23 votes, 7.0%

329 total votes

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