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La hija del aire

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  • Calderón de la Barca, Pedro
    In Pedro Calderón de la Barca: Secular plays

    …plays are best represented by La hija del aire. This play in two parts dramatizes the legend of Semiramis (the warrior queen of Babylon whose greed for political power led her to conceal and impersonate her son on his accession). It is often considered Calderón’s masterpiece. Highly stylized, it conveys…

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