Lorca, icon and polymath in all his manifestations.
A Companion to Federico García Lorca provides a clear, critical
appraisal of the issues and debates surrounding the work of Spain's most
celebrated poet and dramatist. It considers past and current approaches
to the study of Lorca, and also suggests new directions for further
investigation. An introduction on the often contentious subject of
Lorca's biography is followed by five chapters - poetry, theatre, music,
drawing and cinema - which togetheracknowledge the polymath in Lorca. A
further three chapters - religion, gender and sexuality, and politics -
complete the volume by covering important thematic concerns across a
number of texts, concerns which must be considered in the context of the
iconic status that Lorca has acquired and against the background of the
cultural shifts affecting his readership. The Companion is a testament
to Lorca's enduring appeal and, through its explication oftexts and
investigation of the man, demonstrates just why he continues, and should
continue, to attract scholarly interest.
FEDERICO BONADDIO lectures in Modern Spanish Studies at King's College
London.
CONTRIBUTORS: FEDERICO BONADDIO, JACQUELINE COCKBURN, NIGEL DENNIS,
CHRISTOPHER MAURER, ALBERTO MIRA, ANTONIO MONEGAL, CHRIS PERRIAM, XON DE
ROS, ERIC SOUTHWORTH, D. GARETH WALTERS, SARAH WRIGHT