don juan (legendary character)

An adaptation of Jose Zorilla's nineteenth-century drama in which Seville awaits the results of a contest between Don Juan Tenorio and Don Luis de Mejia to determine who is the superior swordsman and seducer of women. Includes comprehension questions and an audio CD.

Presents Lord Byron's early-nineteenth-century mock epic about the seductions, betrayals, adventures, and mishaps of the legendary Spanish rake Don Juan, and includes extensive explanatory notes, a scholarly introduction, and a substantial further reading list.

Tirso de Molina's three-act play featuring the legendary Don Juan and his exploits in Spain and by the seashore of Tarragona. Presented in Spanish.

Having lost everything in a tidal wave in 1169 Sicily, nineteen-year-old Don Giovanni makes a simple-sounding wager with a stranger he recognizes as the devil but, while desperate enough to surrender his pride and good looks for three years, he is not willing to give up his soul.

Presents three novellas, one about a woman who takes revenge upon her dead husband's former lover; the second a romantic tale about a love lesson learned by Don Juan on a country estate in England; and the third a retelling of the tragedy of Tristan and Iseult.

AFeatures the play, "El Burlador de Sevilla" in which Don Juan seduces noble woman Isabela and fisherwoman Tibea, and both women seek revenge. The play is performed in Spanish.

Translates Moliere's 1665 play, "Don Juan," about a seducer who follows beauty--usually in the form of a woman--wherever it takes him, while he fights the pull of Hell.