Federico García Lorca (Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramati

Federico Garca LorcaAuthor(s): Maria M. Delgado\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415362436, 978-0415362436\nSynopsis\nImmortalized in death by The Clash, Pablo Neruda, Salvador Dal, Dmitri Shostakovich and Lindsay Kemp, Federico Garca Lorca's spectre haunts both contemporary Spain and the cultural landscape beyond. \n\nThis study offers a fresh examination of one of the Spanish languages most resonant voices; exploring how the very factors which led to his emergence as a cultural icon also shaped his dramatic output.\n\nThe works themselves are also awarded the space that they deserve, combining performance histories with incisive textual analysis to restate Lorcas presence as a playwright of extraordinary vision, in works such as:\n\nBlood Wedding\nThe Public\nThe House of Bernarda Alba\nYerma.\n\nFederico Garca Lorca is an invaluable new resource for those seeking to understand this complex and multifaceted fi.