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Don Alvaro, or the Force of Fate (1835) - A Play by Angel De Saavedra, Duke of Rivas (Paperback)
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Don Alvaro, or the Force of Fate (1835) - A Play by Angel De Saavedra, Duke of Rivas (Paperback)
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Don Alvaro, or the Force of Fate by Angel de Saavedra, Duke of
Rivas (1791-1865), premiered in 1835 in Madrid and changed the
Spanish stage forever after. It was the benchmark Romantic play of
early nineteenth-century Spain. In this English edition designed
for either classroom use or performance, Robert Fedorchek presents
a readable translation faithful to the tone and spirit of the
original. Joyce Tolliver enhances the book with a rich introduction
highlighting the work's lasting significance.
The play tells of the torrid love of the mysterious Don Alvaro and
the lovely Doqa Leonor, and how fate intervenes, by way of Alvaro's
role in the accidental death of Leonor's father, to bring about the
extermination of Leonor's family at the hands of the man who loves
her to distraction.
Although chronologically not the first Spanish Romantic drama, Don
Alvaro is generally considered the true exponent of the freedom of
expression that Romanticism brought to the theater. It does away
with all the Neoclassical rules: it exceeds twenty-four hours; the
action takes place in two countries; it mixes high and low; prose
alternates with verse; and the characters express, melodramatically
and passionately, their innermost feelings. It is also generally
considered the first play in the best trilogy, along with Antonio
Garcma Gutiirrez's El trovador (The troubadour, 1836) and Juan
Eugenio Hartzenbusch's Los amantes de Teruel (The lovers of Teruel,
1837).
Robert M. Fedorchek is Professor of Spanish at Fairfield
University. He has translated into English numerous works, among
them Stories of Enchantment from Nineteenth-Century Spain, Juan
Valera's Doqa Luz, and Concha Castroviejo's The Gardenwith Seven
Gates. Joyce Tolliver is Associate Professor of Spanish and Women's
Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has
published widely on nineteenth-century Spanish literature.
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