Download or read book Behind Spanish American Footlights written by Willis Knapp Jones and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across a five-hundred-year sweep of history, Willis Knapp Jones surveys the native drama and the Spanish influence upon it in nineteen South American countries, and traces the development of their national theatres to the 1960s. This volume, filled with a fascinating array of information, sparkles with wit while giving the reader a fact-filled course in the history of Spanish American drama that he can get nowhere else. This is the first book in English ever to consider the theatre of all the Spanish American countries. Even in Spanish, the pioneer study that covers the whole field was also written by Jones. Jones sees the history of a nation in the history of its drama. Pre-Columbian Indians, conquistadores, missionary priests, viceroys, dictators, and national heroes form a background of true drama for the main characters here—those who wrote and produced and acted in the make-believe drama of the times. The theatre mirrors the whole life of the community, Jones believes, and thus he offers information about geography, military events, and economics, and follows the politics of state and church through dramatists’ offerings. Examining the plays of a people down the centuries, he shows how the many cultural elements of both Old and New Worlds have been blended into the distinct national characteristics of each of the Spanish American countries. He does full justice to the subject he loves. A lively storyteller, he adds tidbits of spice and laughter, long-buried vignettes of history, tales of politics and drama, stories of high and low life, plots of plays, bits of verse, accounts of dalliance and of hard work, and sad and happy endings of rulers and peons, dramatists, actors, and clowns. A valuable appendix is a selected reading guide, listing the outstanding works of important Spanish American dramatists. A generous bibliography is a useful addition for scholars.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater written by Eladio Cortes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-12-30 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin American culture has given birth to numerous dramatic works, though it has often been difficult to locate information about these plays and playwrights. This volume traces the history of Latin American theater, including the Nuyorican and Chicano theaters of the United States, and surveys its history from the pre-Columbian period to the present. Sections cover individual Latin American countries. Each section features alphabetically arranged entries for playwrights, independent theaters, and cultural movements. The volume begins with an overview of the development of theater in Latin America. Each of the country sections begins with an introductory survey and concludes with copious bibliographical information. The entries for playwrights provide factual information about the dramatist's life and works and place the author within the larger context of international literature. Each entry closes with a list of works by and about the playwright. A selected, general bibliography appears at the end of the volume.
Download or read book American Notes Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dramatic Criticism Index written by Paul Francis Breed and published by Detroit : Gale Research Company. This book was released on 1972 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medieval Drama on the Continent of Europe written by Clifford Davidson and published by Medieval Institute Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spanish American Writing Since 1941 written by George R. McMurray and published by Frederick Ungar. This book was released on 1987 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Outline History of Spanish American Literature written by International Institute of Ibero-American Literature and published by New York : Irvington Publishers. This book was released on 1980 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hispanic American Historical Review written by James Alexander Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes "Bibliographical section".
Download or read book Mexican Theater and Drama from the Conquest Through the Seventeenth Century written by Daniel Breining and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is an annotated bibliography which brings together under one title a diverse collection of works along with critical commentary that deal with the first centuries of colonial Mexican theater and drama. This work should appeal to scholars interested in colonial literature/drama, especially that originating in Mexico. title a diverse collection of works along with critical commentary that deal with the first centuries of colonial Mexican theater and drama. Shortly after the fall of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Spanish conquerors deemed it necessary to instruct the large indigenous populations and to quickly convert them to Catholicism. This task fell principally on the newly arrived religious orders, the first being the Franciscans who set foot in New Spain in 1523. Because of the linguistic barriers encountered by the clerics, there was a need to exemplify the Christian faith that did not rely so heavily on simple verbal instruction. Theater and dramatic performances proved to be the ideal format. third decade of the sixteenth century and then concluding with pieces coming towards the end of the 1600s. Studies that center on these plays are mostly modern works stemming from the late 1800s and continue up to the publication of this bibliography. In addition to these dramatic works, the reader will find the more important and prevalent pre-Hispanic plays along with studies focusing on this native genre and the far reaching importance of theatrical performance to the Indian population of central Mexico prior to the arrival of the European. Along with native dramatic works propagating indigenous religious beliefs and the Christian plays of conversion, there are many ancillary studies that deal with performance practices and theatrical sites. architectural properties of performance locales, and especially the open air chapel, which the early religious orders depended upon heavily and used extensively in central New Spain for conversional and didactic dramas. This annotated bibliography concludes with an extensive index allowing quick access to its contents further assisting the investigator in additional research.
Download or read book Latin American Theatre Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Indigenous Drama of Meso America written by Richard Ellwood Leinaweaver and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reference Materials on Latin America in English the Humanities written by Richard Donovon Woods and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalog of the Latin American Collection written by University of Texas at Austin. Library. Latin American Collection and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Latin American Studies Research Guide written by Indiana University. Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Romance Literatures Catalan Italian Portuguese and Brazilian Proven al Rumanian Spanish and Spanish American written by George Bruner Parks and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Latin America Comes of Age written by Thomas J. Knight and published by Metuchen, N.Y. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
