Federico Garcia Lorca: A Life
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (605 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571148158 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Federico Garcia Lorca was born near Granada, Spain in 1899. The book will be of interest to schools and colleges which teach Spanish and to anyone interested in Spanish literature.. This biography aims to give a thorough account of Lorca's literary development and traces his background, dealing with his family, his homosexuality and the mysterious circumstances of his death. Known foremost as a poet and dramatist, he wrote "Romancero Gitano" (1928), "Blood Wedding" (1933), "Yerma" (1935) and "The House of Bernalda Alba" (1936) before he was murdered by Franco's supporters in the first months of the Spanish Civil War, aged 37
From Publishers Weekly More has been written about Lorca (1898-1936) than about any other Spanish writer except Cervantes, but this detailed biography--originally published in Spanish in two volumes (1985, 1987) and based on hundreds of interviews and on hitherto unavailable manuscripts and letters--is the major work on the great Andalusian poet and playwright. Photos. Too often, Gibson relies on "must have" and "might have." He explores Lorca's background, schooling, affairs, loves and friendships (with Bunuel, Dali, Falla and Neruda, among others)
Dr. Steven J. Smith said Lorca rocks!. Excellent biography . Well researched and written.. The best biography of a Spanish poet VictorFernandez@ozu.es Federico Garcia Lorca is one of the best poets in history of Spanish literature. In a country where is very difficult to find a tradition of investigations about our recently literature, Ian Gibson's book is a master piece.. Gibson tells you about Lorca and all that surrounded him. Lorca's life, and fate, other than some superficial items, were for the most part hidden from public awareness for many decades. He was in many ways a victim, but mostly from politicians, because they killed him.The excesses of the Reds were countered by the excesses of the Blues (phalangists, rightists, fascists) in a dictatorship that outdid the murders of all predecessors. Politicians sometimes destroy something in order to "save" it. His threat was his speech, and 1998, the year of his centennial, the centennial of Spain's great gift to us for producing so many super-writers ("the generation of 98"), was the year