Description: The book thus represents a new view of Calderón's dramaturgy and documents the popularity and significance of this astral-imperial myth during the Spanish Golden Age.
Brief description: Frederick A. de Armas, professor of Spanish at Louisiana State University, is the author of The Invisible Mistress: Aspects of Feminism and Fantasy in the Golden Age.
Review Quotes:
Absorbing . . . thoroughly original. . . . Certainly one of the most compelling books on Calderón to have appeared in many a year.
-- "Renaissance Quarterly"