{"product_id":"9781853994128","title":"Vallejo: El Tragaluz","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSpanish Texts\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eVallejo: El Tragaluz\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAntonio Buero Vallejo | Buero Vallejo | John Lyon\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeign Language Study \/ Spanish\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publication of \u003ci\u003eEl Tragaluz\u003c\/i\u003e in 1967 coincided with a slight relaxation in the political censorship in Spain, and therefore could deal directly with a situation arising directly from the Civil War and its aftermath.  Buero Vallejo portrays the blighted lives of the family on the 'losing side' in a dark basement flat lit only by the pavement level window of the title – the father driven mad by the death of his baby daughter from starvation immediately after the war; two brothers who react in contrasting ways to their family circumstances and the social changes of post-war Spain.   Buero, however, transcends the specific setting by having his audience view the action by having his audience view the action through the eyes of two researchers from a future generation, as if it were a reconstruction of events from a very remote past. Far reaching moral question are posed about active versus contemplative response to life and the importance of the individual in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl Tragaluz\u003c\/i\u003e has an important place in Buero's theatre incorporating earlier metaphysical preoccupations,  with a later historical and political dimension into an overriding vision of national reconciliation after the traumas of Civil War, and beyond that a world evolving toward the triumph over human egoism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis play is part of a series is designed to meet the needs of the fast-growing A Level and undergraduate market for texts in the Spanish language. Each text comes with English notes and vocabulary, and with an introduction by an editor with an expert knowledge both of the work and of its literary and cultural context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJohn Lyon\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Research Fellow in Spanish at the University of Bristol, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of Valle-Inclán\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), and critical editions of the works of Tirso de Molina Lorca and Buero Vallejo.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 January 1998\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBristol Classical Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781853994128\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370600071308,"sku":"9781853994128","price":29.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781853994128","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}