Continental Drama
“Continental Drama” by Pedro Calderón de la Barca is part of a significant collection originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name “Harvard Classics.” This edition, published by Cosimo, Inc. in 2010, spans 480 pages and is presented in English. It features six influential plays from the 17th and 18th centuries that have shaped Western European literature and culture, including works by notable playwrights such as Jean Racine, Molière, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and Friedrich von Schiller.
Readers will find a diverse array of dramatic works that explore themes of free will, fate, hypocrisy, and the human condition. The volume includes Calderón’s allegorical play “Life Is a Dream,” as well as Racine’s tragedy “Phèdre” and Molière’s comedic masterpiece “Tartuffe.” Each play reflects the literary styles and cultural contexts of its time, offering insights into the evolution of drama and its impact on language arts and disciplines. This collection serves as a valuable resource for those interested in literary studies and the history of drama.
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Author names not noted above: Jean Racine, Molire, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name “Harvard Classics,” this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University’s longest-serving president. Also known as “Dr. Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf,” it represented Eliot’s belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XXVI features the six 17th- and 18th-century plays that have most influenced Western European literature and culture: [ Life Is a Dream, by Spanish dramatist PEDRO CALDERN DE LA BARCA (1600-1681), his 1635 allegory debating free will and fate [ Polyeucte, by French playwright and father of French tragedy PIERRE CORNEILLE (1606-1684), his 1642 drama based on the life of the martyr Saint Polyeuctus [ Phdre, by French dramatist JEAN RACINE (1639-1699), his 1677 tragedy from Greek mythology [ Tartuffe, by the French comic master Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), aka MOLIRE, his 1664 masterpiece about hypocrisy [ Minna von Barnhelm, by German playwright GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING (1729-1781), a groundbreaking comedy [ Wilhelm Tell, by German author FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER (1759-1805), a tragedy of the Swiss fight for independence in the 14th century.
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