This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...finally, another is a parody of the procession itself, with its giants, cars, and all; treating the whole with the gayest ridicule.51 Thus far, all has been avowedly comic in the dramatic exhibitions of these religious festivals. But the autos or character of sacramental acts themselves, with which the theAut. whole ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...finally, another is a parody of the procession itself, with its giants, cars, and all; treating the whole with the gayest ridicule.51 Thus far, all has been avowedly comic in the dramatic exhibitions of these religious festivals. But the autos or character of sacramental acts themselves, with which the theAut. whole concluded, and to which all that preceded was only introductory, claim to be more grave in their general tone, though in some cases, like the prologues and interludes, parts of them are too whimsical and extravagant to be anything but amusing. " The Bridge of the World" is one of this class.52 It represents the Prince of Darkness placing the giant Leviathan on the bridge of the world, to defend its passage against all - Obras Sueltas, Tom.. XVIII. p. 8. n Ibid., p. 373. "Muestrade los Car " Entremes del Letrado." ros." 49 Ibid., p. 114. " Entremes del Poeta." 62 It is the last in the collection, and, as w Ibid., p. 168. " El Robo de Hele-to its poetry, one of the best of the twelve, na." if not the very best. comers who do not confess his supremacy. Adam and Eve, who, as we are told in the directions to the players, appear " dressed very gallantly after the French fashion," are naturally the first that present themselves.58 They subscribe to the hard condition, and pass over in sight of the audience. In the same manner, as the dialogue informs us, the patriarchs, with Moses, David, and Solomon, go over; but at last the Knight of the Cross, " the Celestial Amadis of Greece," as he is called, appears in person, overthrows the pretensions of the Prince of Darkness, and leads the Soul of Man in triumph across the fatal passage. The whole is obviously a parody of the old story...
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