The nine essays that make up this collection underscore Hesse's support for the notion of plurality in the seventeenth-century Spanish comedia. ?Hesse has given us still another opportunity to share his imaginative and provocative observations on the Golden Age comedia.
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter One: La vida es sueño and Contemporary Criticism
- Chapter Two: The Comedia and Psychology
- Chapter Three: The Sociology of Lope's El villano en su rincón
- Chapter Four: The Comedia as a Theater of the Mind
- Chapter Five: A Socio-Political Approach to Fuenteovejuna
- Chapter Six: Ironic Dimensions in Tirso's Theater
- Chapter Seven: Varieties of the Mother Archetype and Maternal Symbols in the Comedia
- Chapter Eight: The Hermaphrodite Archetype and Role Playing in the Comedia
- Chapter Nine: Fear and Courage as Psycho-Literary Motifs in the Comedia
- Index