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Bodas de sangre
Series: Hispanic Texts
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This edition is ideal for students, scholars, and admirers of classic Spanish literature seeking deeper understanding of Lorca’s work and its cultural context.
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See moreBodas de sangre is arguably the best-known work by the most celebrated of all twentieth-century Spanish writers. A passionate story of family feud and tragic elopement is played out in the setting of a poor country village, building up to a dramatic ending full of the intensely poetic symbolism characteristic of Lorca.
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"This excellent edition is most welcome. A select bibliography, a brief vocabulary, several footnotes to explain points of difficulty, fourteen long endnotes, and even the music of the songs, make the edition an extremely valuable and interesting volume, offering the reader the text of the play itself and important new insights into its structure, its significance and indeed its success."
Professor Leo Hickey, Modern Languages
Bodas de sangre is arguably the best-known work by the most celebrated of all twentieth-century Spanish writers. A passionate story of family feud and tragic elopement is played out in the setting of a poor country village, building up to a dramatic ending full of the intensely poetic symbolism characteristic of Lorca.
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"This excellent edition is most welcome. A select bibliography, a brief vocabulary, several footnotes to explain points of difficulty, fourteen long endnotes, and even the music of the songs, make the edition an extremely valuable and interesting volume, offering the reader the text of the play itself and important new insights into its structure, its significance and indeed its success."Professor...Paperback$6200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
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Praised for its comprehensive features, this edition includes a select bibliography, a brief vocabulary, explanatory footnotes, detailed endnotes, and even the music of the songs, providing valuable insights into the play's structure and significance. Modern Languages describes it as an extremely valuable and interesting volume.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780719007644
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 January 1980
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 9.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 163g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Federico Garcia Lorca studied in New York City from 1929-1930. In 1936, at the outset of the Spanish Civil War, he was shot to death by anti-Republican rebels in Franco's army, and his books were banned and destroyed.
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