Gacela of Unforeseen Love (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Federico Garcia Lorca
- First Published: 1940
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Spain or Spanish people, Arabs
The Poem
“Gacela of Unforeseen Love” is the first poem in Federico García Lorca’s collection entitled Diván del Tamarit. The words diván and “Tamarit” both have several meanings. Originally, the Tamarit was the chief administrative office of Arabic power in Spain during the period of medieval Moorish domination. It was also the name of a family home in the country where García Lorca spent summers until the time of his death. “Divan” was the Arabic name for the assembly of governors who held council with the Tamarit; a divan is also a collection...
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