Abstract

No hay cosa como callar is a Calderonian comedy labeled on various occasions as a masterpiece, but that to date does not include an extensive bibliography. In this work, through the Don Juanesque consideration of its characters and by considering genre adscription of the piece (a [...]

Abstract

This paper discusses the genre of a play by Calderon No hay cosa como callar. Critics usually define this play either as comedy or as tragedy. The work is in fact unusual because, under an apparently comical structure, it appears to be a serious work with an ending that leaves all [...]