Book · 1635 · Fiction

Life is a Dream

Name: Life is a Dream
Author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Dover Publications · 96 pages

★ 7.0 editorial score

Spanish Golden Age drama peaks here. King Basilio locks his newborn son in a tower to outrun a prophecy, then has him drugged, brought to court, and told it was a dream.

Genre

Allegory Philosophical fiction Spanish Golden Age

Medium

Play

Subject

Family Fate Free will The human condition

Setting

Poland

Time

1635Depicts Spanish Golden AgeDepicts 17th century

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