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Antonio Buero Vallejo (Critical Survey of Drama)

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Antonio Buero Vallejo is known for his articles and books on art and literary criticism. He wrote on the nature of tragedy, on Diego Velázquez, and on Spanish literary figures such as Ramón María del Valle-Inclán and Federico García Lorca.

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The premiere of Antonio Buero Vallejo’s Story of a Staircase marked the resurgence of serious theater in Spain after the Civil War of 1936-1939. In contrast to the escapist fare that...

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