Federico García Lorca (Critical Survey of Drama)

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It may be argued with some justification that Federico García Lorca is best remembered as a poet. Although recognition for his poetry came first, García Lorca did divide his creative energies almost equally between the two genres, concentrating on poetry during the 1920’s and devoting himself more single-mindedly in the 1930’s to the theater. His first collection, Libro de poemas, appeared in 1921, and between 1921 and 1924 García Lorca continued work on Poema del cante jondo (1931; Poem of the Gypsy Seguidilla, 1967),...

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