Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, authorKidd, Michael, authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032004http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87550A prose translation and critical introduction by Michael Kidd.Includes bibliographical references.Life's a Dream (La vida es sueno, 1636) is the best known and most widely admired play of Catholic Europe's greatest dramatist, Pedro Calderon de la Barca. Calderon's long life (1600-1681) witnessed both the pinnacle and collapse of Spanish political power as well as the great flowering of Spanish classical literature.Spain at the Turn of the Century (1600) -- The Spanish Comedia -- Calderon the Man: A Brief Chronology -- Life's a Dream: Analysis and Interpretation -- Dialect -- Historicity -- Medium: Verse vs. Prose -- Scene Boundaries -- Proper Names -- Wordplay -- Textual Variants and Obscurities -- Previous English Versions of La vida es sueno -- Major Spanish Critical Editions of La vida es sueno -- Poetry and Poetics -- Linguistics and Translation Theory -- Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks -- Calderon's Life -- Spain and Early Modern Europe: History, Religion, Culture -- The Spanish Comedia and Life's a Dream: Context, Performance, Editing, Interpretation -- Life's a Dream: A Prose Translation -- Cast of Characters.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681. Vida es sueñoTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.