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Alejandro Casona and the Devil

1965; American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese; Volume: 48; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/336394

2153-6414

Charles H. Leighton,

Early Modern Spanish Literature

The Devil has always fascinated Casona. At least as early as 1926 he manifested great interest in Lucifer. That year as the topic for his thesis at the Escuela Superior del Magisterio he chose El diablo en la literatura y en el arte. Two years later he wrote Otra vez el a play of diabolical intervention. Twice again he returned to the theme: in a play, La barca sin pescador, in 1945 and an article, Don Juan y el Diablo, in 1955. This interest in the Devil is not unusual. He shares it