Garcia Lorca Author:Edwin Honig Garcia Lorca by Edwin Honig — REVISED EDITION — This critical guidebook, a survey of Lorca's life and work, is, the only book that treats in detail all the available writing of the great modem poet and dramatist of Spain. Mr. Honig reveals how Lorca's art was deeply rooted in Spanish folk and literary traditions, though there were also strong Gyps... more »y and Arabic influences. He traces the development of Lorca's poetry, showing how it matured from simple nature lyrics to highly evolved poems of profound significance and to full-scale dramas for the stage. The principal plays are analyzed at some length.
For this 1963 edition, Mr. Honig has supplied a new introduction, new biographical information and an up-to-date bibliography.« less