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Romancero Gitano: By Frederico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca
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Hardback. Lorca is one of the outstanding poets of Spanish literature, and apart perhaps from his trilogy of stage tragedies, "Romancero Gitano" is his most celebrated work: innovatory, sophisticated, difficult and uniquely popular. This title considers Lorca's 'double break with the past' and focuses on the "Romancero Gitano". Editor(s): Ramsden, Herbert. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 202.
Lorca is one of the outstanding poets of Spanish literature, and apart perhaps from his trilogy of stage tragedies, "Romancero gitano" is his most celebrated work: innovative, sophisticated, difficult and uniquely popular. Partly, no doubt, it is the appeal of his gypsies, childlike and magical, oppressed by the world around; partly too, the work's elemental concerns: machismo, honor, sex, betrayal, revenge, bloodshed, death; partly also, the many echoes of Andalusian popular culture: horsemen and smugglers, fiestas and local saints, legends and superstitions, ballads and deep song. By its dramatic dynamism, its ... Read more
Lorca is one of the outstanding poets of Spanish literature, and apart perhaps from his trilogy of stage tragedies, "Romancero gitano" is his most celebrated work: innovative, sophisticated, difficult and uniquely popular. Partly, no doubt, it is the appeal of his gypsies, childlike and magical, oppressed by the world around; partly too, the work's elemental concerns: machismo, honor, sex, betrayal, revenge, bloodshed, death; partly also, the many echoes of Andalusian popular culture: horsemen and smugglers, fiestas and local saints, legends and superstitions, ballads and deep song. By its dramatic dynamism, its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
Hispanic Texts
Condition
New
Weight
197g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719078255
SKU
V9780719078255
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About Federico García Lorca
Herbert Ramsden is Emeritus Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Manchester
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