Spanish and English Literature of the 16th and 17th Centuries : Studies in Discretion, Illusion and Mutability (Paperback)

Preface; Sources and acknowledgements; A list of the publications of Edward M. Wilson; 1. The four elements in the imagery of Calderon; 2. Fernando: the Constant Prince; 3. On La vida es sueno; 4. The discretion of Don Lope de Almeida; 5. Towards an appreciation of El pintor de su deshonra; 6. The cloak and sword plays, Plate: frontispiece of Psalle et sile, first edition; 7. A key to Calderon's Psalle et sile; 8. Calderon's dramatic poetry; 9. Images and structure in Peribanez; 10. 'Quando Lope quiere, quiere'; 11. The exemplary nature of El caballero de Olmedo; 12. A Hispanist looks at Othello; 13. Tragic themes in Spanish ballads; 14. Spanish and English religious poetry of the seventeenth century; Notes; Index of names and titles of works.