En la ardiente oscuridad (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Antonio Buero Vallejo (Author), Samuel A. Wofsy (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130679275 | ISBN-13: 978-0130679277 | Publication Date: January 12, 1950 | Edition: 1

La obra de Antonio Buero Vallejo ha sido justamente calificada como el mas alto empeno intelectual de nuestro teatro en el siglo XX y uno de sus mas altos logros escenicos. En la ardiente oscuridad es su primera pieza y en ella, puede decirse, estan ya todos los elementos que componen su mundo dramatico. Centrada en el ambito de los invidentes, la ceguera es aqui mucho mas que una anecdota; constituye, en realidad, un simbolo de la condicion humana: no es a ellos a quienes intento retratar dice Buero, sino a todos nosotros. A todos, en efecto, se dirige la invitacion a asumir la tragica condicion del hombre y su verdad, porque solo asumiendola podremos ser libres y construir un futuro. Mariano de Paco, profesor titular de la Universidad de Murcia, es autor de numerosos estudios sobre Buero Vallejo y resume en esta edicion todas las lineas de su dramaturgia en el plano ideologico y en sus dimensiones artisticas.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (January 12, 1950)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0130679275
• ISBN-13: 978-0130679277
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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  • #58 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Foreign Language Fiction > Spanish

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Burning Darkness, May 5, 2003

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Anonymous (Warren, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: En la ardiente oscuridad (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I'm reading this play (in Spanish) in my Pre-AP Spanish class. It's really quite moving, and I think that it's easy to read as long as you've taken at least three years of high school Spanish or Spanish is your first language. Unfortunately, I don't know how good the translation is, but the original is extremely powerful. I'd definitely recommend the play for older readers.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars andamos a ciegas, October 5, 2000

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Adam Troxler (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: En la ardiente oscuridad (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

My contempory Spanish lit class at Vanderbilt read this play, and I thought it was a truly masterful piece of work. Aside from the contemporary political themes touched upon, this play also serves as a marvelously crafted religious alegory; Ignatius serves as a strong Christ-figure, and is just as persistent in his mission to point out the foly and blindness of others who will not accept it. En la ardiente oscuridad" adresses a universal theme, our "sentimiento tragico de la vida," to use Unamuno's phrase. This play is for anyone who is tempted to deny his or her own blindness; it is also for anyone who struggles daily with the conflict between comfort and truth; it is also for those who love the teachings of Christand his quest to reveal spiritual blindness wherever he found it. Read this play.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPER!!!!!!, February 7, 1999

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This review is from: En la ardiente oscuridad (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Soy un estudiante de español. Estoy en mi cuarto año de español aquí en los estados unidos. Nosotros leimos esta obra y escribimos sobre la obra en un análisis critical de texto. Creo que esta obra es una expresión sobre la vida en España después de la Guerra Civil Española. Todo el mundo necesita leer esta obra. Explica la diferencía entre la realidad y la fantasía.