Lope de Vega: Fuente Ovejuna (Hispanic Classics) [Hardcover]

V.F. Dixon (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0856683272 | ISBN-13: 978-0856683275 | Publication Date: December 1989

Fuente Ovejuna (C.1613) is the most famous and frequently performed play by the creator of Spanish theatre, Lope de Vega (1562-1635). Astonishingly for its period, it celebrates the murder in 1476 of a nobleman, the Grand Commander of the Military Order of Calatrava, by the peasants he had oppressed, and their subsequent solidarity under torture. Fuente Ovejuna, however, is less a history lesson or political tract than an optimistic moral fable.

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"Thrilling and moving, accessible and unusual, raw and intensely sophisticated" Chicago Tribune --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Aris & Phillips (December 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0856683272
• ISBN-13: 978-0856683275
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,735,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Spanish Theatre, March 19, 2009

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This review is from: Fuente Ovejuna (A bi-lingual verse translation of one of the greatest plays by the outstanding dramatist of Spain's Golden Age. Critical introduction and translation by William E. Colford.) (Paperback)

I used Fuenteovejuna as a textbook in my spanish-language theatre class. Even though it was for school and not my own choice, this is an excellent book. It talks a bit about Lope de Vega's (interesting) life, and has a verse translation. The one thing I would say is that don't expect the translation to be word-for-word. Since the original text is in verse, they translated it in verse for staging purposes. But it is an excellent translation. The spanish version is on the left side and english on the right, so as you are reading it you can simply look over if you are unsure of the translation of something.

As far as the play itself, it is a very entertaining play and an inspiring story. In small sections, we staged the whole play and it was very entertaining to watch and perform. This is a classic from Spain's "golden age" and should not be passed up!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fuente Ovejuna, April 24, 2006

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This review is from: Fuente Ovejuna (COLECCION LETRAS HISPANICAS) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Lope de Vega trazo en Fuente Ovejuna, con magnifica intuicion y voluntad artistica, una de sus comedias mas complejas. La colectividad, depositaria del derecho de resistencia si la jerarquia pierde su legitimidad, hace uso de aquel y restablece el orden. En una primera accion intrahistorica el Comendador es tirano y lascivo con sus vasallos; en la segunda accion, historica, quebranta el orden politico inspirando la toma de Ciudad Real en contra del Rey. Es un elemento desestabilazador que debrea ser eliminando para restableer la armonia. Uniendo estos elementos argumentales, un conflicto amoroso, en la tradicion del ideal platonico. El author plantea el tema segun las categorias mentales de la epocha, en que lo socipolitico esta imbricado en lo metafisico.
--- from book's back cover