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Romancero Gitano: By Frederico García Lorca
Contributor(s): Ramsden, Herbert (Editor), Lorca, Federico Garcia (Author)

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 ISBN: 0719078253     ISBN-13: 9780719078255
Publisher: Manchester University Press
OUR PRICE: $21.80  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: January 2007
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Annotation: "Romancero gitano" is Lorca's best-known book of poetry, and this edition will complement the other best-selling Lorca titles in the series, "Bodas de sangre" and "La casa de Bernada Alba,"

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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Literary Collections | Caribbean & Latin American
Dewey: 861.62
Series: Hispanic Texts
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.17" W x 7.8" L (0.40 lbs) 184 pages
Features: Annotated, Bibliography, Glossary, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
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 subtle stylisation and its mythical stature, Romancero gitano is one of the most appealing books of poetry in Spanish literature--but it is also one of the most difficult. In his introduction to this edition for English-speaking students, Ramsden considers briefly Lorca's "Double break with the past" and then concentrates on the "Romancero gitano" itself, with emphasis on the interplay of immediate appeal and wider resonances. An annotated select bibliography and select glossary are provided with explanatory end notes offering practical guidance, both linguistic and interpretative.
 
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