Background
Gies, David Thatcher was born on August 18, 1945 in Pittsburgh.
(The first in-depth study of Grimaldi's involvement in the...)
The first in-depth study of Grimaldi's involvement in the literary and political progress of nineteenth-century Spain.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQFE1WI/?tag=2022091-20
(The Frenchman Juan de Grimaldi was instrumental in the de...)
The Frenchman Juan de Grimaldi was instrumental in the development of the Spanish theatre in the 1820s and 30s, at a time when censorship, repression, and economic chaos had left it in a state of stagnation. As impresario and stage director, he trained actors in the new style of declamation, made physical changes in sets and lighting, translated recent French plays into Spanish, and encouraged the writing of original Spanish plays. His own magical comedy, La Pata de Cabra (1829), was outstandingly successful. Grimaldi was also a wealthy businessman and newspaper editor, and the patron of many important Spanish Romantic writers. He was active in politics, vigorously defending the moderate policies of the Queen Regent, María Cristina, and of Prime Minister Ramón de Nerváez. Even after his return to Paris, Grimaldi continued to work secretly as an agent of the Spanish government. Based on original archival materials, this is the first in-depth study of Grimaldi's involvement in the literary and political progress of nineteenth-century Spain.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521342937/?tag=2022091-20
(This is the first comprehensive study of the theater of n...)
This is the first comprehensive study of the theater of nineteenth-century Spain, a country that produced more than 10,000 plays in the course of the century. David Thatcher Gies reevaluates the canon of texts, uncovering dozens of plays and authors previously ignored by critics, and placing them in the social and political context of their times. His book provides a readable overview of the known and unknown elements of Spanish nineteenth-century drama, and stresses the vitality of the theater at that time and the strong reactions it aroused in its audiences.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521380464/?tag=2022091-20
Gies, David Thatcher was born on August 18, 1945 in Pittsburgh.
Bachelor, Pennsylvania State University, 1967. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1972.
Associate professor Spanish language and literature, St. Bonaventure (New York) U., 1970-1979; associate professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1979; now Commonwealth professor Spanish, former chairman Spanish Department, University Virginia, Charlottesville. Visiting lecturer U. Birmingham, England, 1978.
(The Frenchman Juan de Grimaldi was instrumental in the de...)
(This is the first comprehensive study of the theater of n...)
(The first in-depth study of Grimaldi's involvement in the...)