Federico García Lorca s'impose comme l'un des poètes et dramaturges les plus appréciés et vénérés d'Espagne au XXe siècle. Son œuvre se caractérise par des images puissantes, des métaphores frappantes et un profond engagement envers la culture andalouse, le folklore et l'injustice sociale. La poésie et le théâtre de Lorca explorent les thèmes de l'amour, de la mort, du désir et du destin avec un lyrisme et une intensité dramatique uniques, consolidant son statut de figure centrale de la littérature espagnole.
«Le glas résonne dans un plein soleil aveuglant. Le rideau se lève sur le cortège funèbre du second mari enterré par Bernarda Alba, le père de quatre de ses filles. Il n'y a que des femmes, ou des filles de tous âges, dans cette tragédie. Et le rideau final tombera sur la mort de la plus jeune. L'ultime pièce du poète est aussi son pur chef-d'oeuvre théâtral, le plus abouti et le plus harcelé, encerclé par la mort.» Jean-Claude Masson.
This bilingual edition of Federico García Lorca's Selected Verse showcases the emotional depth and metaphorical brilliance of Spain's greatest modernist poet. It captures his diverse poetic range, from playful themes to profound elegies, solidifying his reputation as a leading figure in 20th-century poetry.
For the first time in a quarter century, a major new volume of translations of the beloved poetry of Federico García Lorca, presented in a beautiful bilingual edition The fluid and mesmeric lines of these new translations by the award-winning poet Sarah Arvio bring us closer than ever to the talismanic perfection of the great García Lorca. Poet in Spain invokes the "wild, innate, local surrealism" of the Spanish voice, in moonlit poems of love and death set among poplars, rivers, low hills, and high sierras. Arvio's ample and rhythmically rich offering includes, among other essential works, the folkloric yet modernist Gypsy Ballads, the plaintive flamenco Poem of the Cante Jondo, and the turbulent and beautiful Dark Love Sonnets--addressed to Lorca's homosexual lover--which Lorca was revising at the time of his brutal political murder by Fascist forces in the early days of the Spanish Civil War. Here, too, are several lyrics translated into English for the first time and the play Blood Wedding--also a great tragic poem. Arvio has created a fresh voice for Lorca in English, full of urgency, pathos, and lyricism--showing the poet's work has grown only more beautiful with the passage of time.
This anthology brings together four key plays by Frederico Garc ia Lorca, Spain's greatest modern dramatist, providing reliable translations into standard American English. The plays chosen for inclusion reveal the two poles of Lorca's dramatic output: his experimental impossible theater, and his successful commercial theater, now together in one accessible volume --
Federico García Lorca is one of Spain’s foremost cultural and literary figures. In 1927, he published his masterpiece Canciones, a volume of lyrical poetry. Tobias Tak transformed twenty of these poems into a series of richly detailed and inventive comics. This collection will appeal to lovers of visual art, graphic novels, and poetry, and aims to bring the colorful and atmospheric landscape of Lorca’s work to a new audience. Includes an introduction by Lorca scholar, editor, and translator Christopher Maurer (The Collected Poems of Lorca).
Written while Federico García Lorca was a student at Columbia University in 1929-30, Poet in New York is one of the most important books Lorca produced, and certainly one of the most important books ever published about New York City. Indeed, it is a book that changed the direction of poetry in both Spain and the Americas, a pathbreaking and defining work of modern literature. In honor of the poet's centenary, the celebrated Lorca scholar Christopher Maurer has revised this strange, timeless, and vital book of verse, using much previously unavailable or untranslated material: Lorca's own manuscript of the entire book; witty and insightful letters from the poet to his family describing his feelings about America and his temporary home there (a dorm room in Columbia's John Jay Hall); the annotated photographs which accompany those letters; and a prose poem missing from previous editions. Complementing these new addtions are extensive notes and letters, revised versions of all the poems, and an interpretive lectures by Lorca himself. An excellent introduction to the work of one of the key figures of modern poetry, this bilingual edition of Poet in New York is also a thrilling exposition of the American city in the 20th century.
Although the life of Federico García Lorca (1898–1936) was tragically brief, the Spanish poet and dramatist created an enduring body of work of international importance. This selection of 55 poems from a 1921 collection represents some of García Lorca's finest work. Imbued with Andalusian folklore, rich in metaphor and complex spirituality, they attest to the poet's popularity as one of Spain's most widely read authors.
The collection showcases the vibrant essence of Andalusia through evocative poetry, highlighting the cultural and emotional landscape of the region. Lorca's work captures the depth of human experience, intertwining themes of love, nature, and identity, making it a cornerstone of 20th-century Spanish literature.