TY - BOOK AU - Soufas,Teresa Scott TI - Dramas of distinction: a study of plays by golden age women T2 - Studies in Romance Languages ; 42 SN - 9780813159195 AV - PQ6055 .D736 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Lexington PB - The University Press of Kentucky KW - Spanish drama KW - Women authors KW - History and criticism KW - Women and literature KW - Spain KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Comedia, Gender, Convention; 2. Bodies of Authority: El conde Partinuplés (Caro) and Lafirmeza en la ausencia (Cueva); 3. Marriage Dilemmas: Dichay desdicha del juego and La margarita del Tajo (Azevedo); 4. Carnivalesque Implications: Valor, agravioy mujer (Caro), El muerto disimulado (Azevedo), and La traición en la amistad (Zayas); 5. Locales of Dramaturgy: Tragicomedia los jardines y campos sabeos (Enríquez); Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited and Consulted; Index; 2; b N2 - Renaissance Europe was the scene of flourishing and innovative dramatic art, and seventeenth-century Spain enjoyed its own Golden Age of the stage. According to traditional studies of this period, however, men seemed to be the only participants. Now in Dramas of Distinction, Teresa Scott Soufas offers the first book-length critical study of five important women playwrights: Angela de Azevedo, Ana Caro Mallen de Soto, Leonor de la Cueva y Silva, Feliciana Enriquez de Guzman, and Marfa de Zayas y Sotomayor. By locating the plays within their period, Soufas avoids universalizing women without reg UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938262&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -