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In the burning darkness : en la ardiente oscuridad /

Arguably Spain's leading playwright of the twentieth century, Antonio Buero-Vallejo published thirty original plays. In the Burning Darkness was the first play he wrote. The seminal, and lasting, significance of this play was confirmed when an extract from it was read over Buero-Vallejo's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buero Vallejo, Antonio, 1916-2000
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Liverpool University Press, 2010.
Colección:Aris and Phillips Hispanic Classics Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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