Feminism and the Honor Plays of Lope de Vega

by Yvonne M. Yarbro-Bejarano, Yvonne Yarbo-Bejarano, Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano

Between 1585 and 1631, the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega wrote more than forty-five plays dealing with the theme of conjugal honor. Drawing on recent feminist theories and touching on literary, social, and anthropological aspects, Professor Yarbro-Bejarano demonstrates that hierarchical relations of gender, race, and social status mutually inform one another as structuring principles of these plays. She takes into account plays that reveal their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557530440
• ISBN13: 9781557530448
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"