Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Contributors xii
5. Acknowledgements xv
6. List of Abbreviations xvi
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Biography and Context 15
9. 2 The Calderonian World 33
10. 3 The Playwright’s Craft: Calderón and the Great Theatrical World of Early Modern Spain 50
11. 4 La vida es sueño 72
12. 5 The Honour Plays of Calderón 90
13. 6 Calderón, the Comedian 110
14. 7 Mythological Court Spectacle Plays 132
15. 8 Religious comedias 154
16. 9 Calderón’s ‘Sacramental, Allegorical and Historical’ autos 172
17. 10 Calderón’s graciosos 199
18. 11 Calderón and Visual Art 223
19. 12 The Staging of Calderón’s Theatre 250
20. 13 Calderón’s European Reception from Romanticism to the Twentieth Century 284
21. 14 The Reception of Calderón in the Hispanic World 300
22. Appendices
23. I. Key Digital and Print Sources and Works by Calderón Mentioned 319
24. II. Versification in Calderón 324
25. Consolidated Bibliography 335
26. Index 375