El Burlador de Sevilla

El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra was first published in Spain around 1630 by Gabriel Tellez, a Spanish Baroque dramatist, poet and a Roman Catholic monk who used the name Tirso de Molina. The earliest adaptation of the legend of Don Juan, the personification of youthful indifference and all that is sinful, Tirso’s tale set in the 14th century confronts evil masquerading as honor. 

The Focus Student Editions are appropriate as introductory texts for Spanish language courses in literature and culture. They have been designed to help students approach the original Spanish text through an introductory essay, vocabulary and cultural notes, and study questions. All material is in Spanish, and complete in one volume.

About the Authors:

Antonio Sobejano-Morán is professor of Spanish at SUNY-Binghamton University since 1986. He received his baccalaureate degree from the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain; his masters and doctorate from Michigan State University. He has published extensively on twentieth-century Spanish literature and twentieth-century Spanish theater and has taught language and literature courses at many levels. He has also served as AP table leader in Spanish and Latin American Literature for ETS.

Paola Bianco has taught at Wilkes University since 1996 and fluently speaks, reads and writes English, Spanish, Italian and French. Prior to joining Wilkes, Dr. Bianco served as an Intermediate Italian Coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the Study Abroad Program Coordinator and Assistant Director at the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute in Florence, Italy, while attaining her PhD. in Romance Languages. She has published books and articles on poetry, literature, Italian culture and Hispanic women writers.