| Federico García Lorca Contributor(s): Delgado, Maria M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415362431 ISBN-13: 9780415362436 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $37.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: This study offers a fresh examination of one of the Spanish language's most resonant voices; exploring how the factors which led to his emergence as a cultural icon also shaped his dramatic output. The works themselves are awarded the space that they deserve, combining performance histories with textual analysis to frame Lorca as a playwright of extraordinary vision. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General - Literary Criticism - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 868.620 |
| LCCN: 2007031602 |
| Series: Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 14 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Immortalized in death by The Clash, Pablo Neruda, Salvador Dal , Dmitri Shostakovich and Lindsay Kemp, Federico Garc a Lorca's spectre haunts both contemporary Spain and the cultural landscape beyond. This study offers a fresh examination of one of the Spanish language's most resonant voices; exploring how the very factors which led to his emergence as a cultural icon also shaped his dramatic output. The works themselves are also awarded the space that they deserve, combining performance histories with incisive textual analysis to restate Lorca's presence as a playwright of extraordinary vision, in works such as:
Federico Garc a Lorca is an invaluable new resource for those seeking to understand this complex and multifaceted figure: artist, playwright, director, poet, martyr and in the eyes of many, Spain's 'national dramatist'. |