Courtly Allusions in the Plays of Calderón

Abstract

Soon after the death of Lope de Vega in 1635 Calderón was recognized as the foremost playwright of Spain and of the pleasure-loving court of Philip IV. It was not long before Philip decided to bestow upon his protégé the coveted order of Santiago. Pope Urban VIII signed the pontifical dispensation on April 28, 1637, and from that day on Calderón wore the insignia of his newly acquired honor.1 But the rise of Calderón as a court dramatist had begun several years earlier when some of his plays were being produced in the Salón de las Comedias of the old alcázar.

Écfrasis Y Mitología en La Vida Es Sueño: El Mito De Céfiro Y Cloris

“…Tampoco es mi intención sugerir que la reina Isabel de Borbón se encuentra representada en la comedia a través de Estrella. 40 Hesse, 1950, pp. 531-549.…”