The Story of Joseph in Spanish Golden Age DramaMichael D. McGaha Bucknell University Press, 1998 - 341 pages This book includes critical studies and English translations of six different dramatic versions of the biblical story of Joseph and his brothers written during the century and a half from about 1535 to 1685 - that is, from the earliest attempts at full-length drama to the end of the classical period, which is usually dated around the year of Calderon de la Barca's death in 1681. Three of the plays are full-length dramas, while the rest belong to the peculiarly Spanish genre of one-act religious plays known as autos sacramentales. Comparison of these six variations on a theme enhances our understanding of the gradual evolution of both the auto and the comedia (full-length) genres during the Golden Age. In addition to the biblical story, Spanish playwrights drew upon a rich tradition of retellings of the Joseph story written during the Middle Ages by Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Spaniards. Each of these ethnic and religious groups developed new interpretations of the story dictated by the historical circumstances of a particular time and place, yet each was influenced by the versions created by the others. Ultimately, this grudging collaboration produced a uniquely "multicultural" version of the story. |
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Preface 93 | 9 |
Josephs Wedding | 86 |
The Trials of Jacob | 100 |
Copyright | |
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Aboab angel ASENATH ASHER auto BAKER BATO beauty Benjamin Binyamin blessed bread bring brothers BUTIFAR Calderón Canaan Carvajal CHAMBERLAIN Chastity converso CUMENA CUPBEARER dear death divine dreams Egypt Enter Yoseph envy Eucharist Exeunt Exit eyes FAITH father FOOL give Harassed But Happy hear heart heaven Hebrew holy honor innocent Intelligence ISHMAELITE ISSACHAR Jacob jail Jewish Jews Joseph Joseph and Aseneth Juana Inés JUDAH kill king lady Law of Grace LEVI LIDA live look lord Lucifer mean mystery NAPHTALI never NICELA Offstage pain Pharaoh Phoenicia play prison PROPHECY PUTIPHAR RE'UVEN REUBEN REZINDA Savior scepter SENEC servants Shechem SHEPHERD SHIM Simeon sing slave sons Sor Juana soul Spanish Spanish Golden Age story suffering sure tell there's things told verse weeping What's wheat wife woman wonders words YA'AKOB YEHUDAH ZEBULUN ZENOBIA Аст