The Purgatory Of St. Patrick

Pedro Calderón de la Barca, (born Jan. 17, 1600, Madrid, Spain-died May 25, 1681, Madrid), dramatist and poet who succeeded Lope de Vega as the greatest Spanish playwright of the Golden Age. Among his best-known secular dramas are El médico de su honra (1635; The Surgeon of His Honour), La vida es sueño (1635; Life Is a Dream), El alcalde de Zalamea (c. 1640; The Mayor of Zalamea), and La hija del aire (1653; "The Daughter of the Air"), sometimes considered his masterpiece. He also wrote operas and plays with religious and mythological themes.

• • Author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Feb 02, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 112 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1523847425
• • ISBN-13: 9781523847426