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Choice Magazine (USA) Outstanding Academic Book
of the Year, 2003
Lorca’s theatre, like that of Strindberg and Tennessee
Williams, voices his personal dilemmas, not least his homosexuality.
This study of all his plays examines the way in which the
dramatist's life was transformed into high art through influences
as varied as Surrealism and Greek tragedy.
In an attempt to cover as many aspects of Lorca’s theatre
and the time in which he lived as possible, Gwynne Edwards
deals not only with the plays themselves but includes material
on the social and political character of the 1920s and 1930s,
on the cultural background, on Lorca’s friendships with
Dalí and Buñuel and on the performances of the
plays in his lifetime and afterwards.
Lorca is by far the best-known and most popular Spanish dramatist
in the
English-speaking world, not to mention Continental
Europe. Anyone who wishes to
know more about him will find
it in this volume.
‘Gwynne Edwards’ indispensable
new book takes a fresh, penetrating look at Lorca’s
problematic life . . . With its racy, readable text it also
offers invaluable insights for playgoers as well as practitioners.’ - What's
On in London
‘Gwynne Edwards’ excellently researched and deeply
interesting book . . . takes us further into Lorca's mind
than most writers . . . It is a pleasure to review a book
that is compelling and vividly written and leaves us in
the end holding the keys to [Lorca’s] personality.’ - Birmingham
Post
GWYNNE EDWARDS teaches Spanish language and literature
at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He has previously
written two books on Spanish cinema: The Discreet Art of
Luis Buñuel and Indecent Exposures. His
interest in theatre lead to a major study of the plays of
Lorca (Lorca: The Theatre Beneath the Sand), as well
as many articles on the Spanish dramatist. Three volumes of
his translations of the plays of Lorca have been published
by Methuen. |
