Family Matters: A Study of On- And Off-Stage Marriage and Family Relations in Seventeenth-Century Spain (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820438283)

Vendor: A. Robert Lauer
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Format: Hardcover
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Family Matters: A Study of On- And Off-Stage Marriage and Family Relations in Seventeenth-Century Spain

$64.95

Family Matters: A Study of On- And Off-Stage Marriage and Family Relations in Seventeenth-Century Spain

$64.95
Format: Hardcover
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This socio-historical study of Spain's Golden Age examines its marriage practices and family structure, as represented in the theatrical works of the day, and as experienced by members of seventeenth-century Spanish society. Women's roles receive particular attention, as Family Matters analyzes the relationship between actual family life and the (sometimes distorted) reflections portrayed on the Spanish stage. Topics such as consensual versus arranged marriages; alternatives to wedlock; child-rearing practices; and the importance of mothers in the family are discussed within the context of works by playwrights such as Calderón de la Barca, Ana Caro, Lope de Vega, Rojas Zorrilla, Ruiz de Alarcón, Vélez de Guevara, and María de Zayas.

Author: A. Robert Lauer,Darci L. Strother
ISBN-10: 0820438286
ISBN-13: 9780820438283
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1999
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover
By A. Robert Lauer
By A. Robert Lauer
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The Author: Darci L. Strother is Associate Professor of Spanish at California State University, San Marcos, where she is Director of the Program in Foreign Languages. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of California, Irvine, following her undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Strother has published various articles in professional journals on the topic of Spanish literature in the Golden Age.

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