Tirso de Molina, El Burlador de Sevilla [The Trickster of Seville]

James A. Parr (University of California, Riverside)

Ed. by Stuart Green, University of Leeds
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.2.01: Spanish Literature and Culture from the Beginning to the Golden Age.
Vol. editors: Andrew M. Beresford (University of Durham), Stuart Green (University of Leeds), Juan Pablo Rodriguez (Yale University), Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1630

Places

Spain (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play

Resources

It is a curious fact that Spanish Golden-Age plays seldom announce the name of the protagonist in their titles. Unlike contemporary drama in French (Phèdre, Andromaque) and English (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear), Spanish titles tend to highlight instead a profession or office (The Mayor of Zalamea), a salient characteristic (The Trickster of Seville), or a concept (Life is a Dream).

The Burlador of Tirso’s play is the original Don Juan Tenorio, who has been reincarnated, rehabilitated, and even ridiculed by subsequent writers, in more than six hundred variations. As suggested by the title, Tirso’s Don Juan is more trickster than lover. We are still a long way from the <…

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Citation: Parr, James A.. "El Burlador de Sevilla". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 July 2009 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=13224, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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