Lifes A Dream Author:Pedro Calderon De LA Barca A beautiful and haunting tale of love, betrayal, knowledge, and power, Lifes a Dream (La vida es sueño, 1636) is the best known and most widely admired play of Catholic Europes greatest dramatist, Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Calderóns long life (16001681) witnessed both the pinnacle and collapse of Spanish ... more »political power as well as the great flowering of Spanish classical literature. Despite its longtime place atop the Hispanic canon, Calderóns masterpiece remains relatively unknown by general readers outside the Spanish-speaking world. Michael Kidds new prose translation aims to correct this deficiency by rendering the play into a transparent, modern American idiom that preserves the beauty and complexity of Calderóns Baroque Spanish. The result is a highly readable and adaptable text that is enhanced by a generous selection of supporting materials, including a thorough critical introduction and glossary.« less