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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 3.93 avg rating — 27,082 ratings — published 1635 — 837 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 — 1,832 ratings — published 1636 — 130 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 3.78 avg rating — 686 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 3.55 avg rating — 662 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 3.31 avg rating — 591 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 3.61 avg rating — 386 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 — 211 ratings — published 1635 — 66 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 3.57 avg rating — 149 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 3.76 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2015 — 125 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 3.89 avg rating — 79 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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September 2021 Old School Classic Poll

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott pub. 1884, 166 pages

44 votes, 20.0%

The Bostonians by Henry James pub 1886, 460 pages

41 votes, 18.6%

Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell pub 1863, 484 pages

37 votes, 16.8%

The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes by Anonymous pub 1270, 343 pages

34 votes, 15.5%

Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca pub 1635, 96 pages

34 votes, 15.5%

The Odd Women by George Gissing pub 1893, 432 pages

15 votes, 6.8%

Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana Jr. pub 1840, 458 pages

10 votes, 4.5%

Phantastes by George MacDonald pub 1858, 216 pages

5 votes, 2.3%

220 total votes

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