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Bodas de sangre

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Bodas de sangre by Federico Garcia Lorca is a passionate tale of a family feud and tragic elopement set in a poor country village. The story builds to a dramatic conclusion rich in poetic symbolism, characteristic of Lorca’s celebrated style.
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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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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 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...
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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.

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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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