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Pedro Salinas' theater of self-authentication (1995)

Pedro Salinas' theater of self-authentication (1995)

Drama Literary Fiction

Stephanie L. Orringer

Year: 1995
Authors: Stephanie L. Orringer
Print type: BOOK

Description:

This analysis examines the theater of Pedro Salinas, twentieth-century poet and critic, in relation to his lyric prose, novels, and essays. Orringer argues that his plays emerge as a panorama of quests for individual identity amid the deceptive appearances of the world. Active imagination marks Salinas' protagonists, whether they are facing adversity, fighting evil, or pursuing compassion. Surprising coincidences, catalytic agents which speed the action, and a new aesthetic order of reality, which Salinas calls "sure change," distinguish his theater from his other works. With new rigor, relationships are established between Salinas as a dramatic experimenter, and authors such as Cervantes, Calderon, and Unamuno.