The Trickster-Function in the Theatre of García Lorca

By Sarah Wright

An important contribution to the understanding of the theatrical output of major figure of Spanish literary canon.

Drawing on anthropology, psychoanalysis, and literary theory, this book uses the image of the trickster to argue for a fresh and original reading of Garc a Lorca's plays, highlighting androgyny, male fantasy, masochism, masqueradeand the carnivalesque. The study includes detailed textual analyses of Amor de Don Perlimpl n con Belisa en su jard n, As que pasan cinco a os and El p blico, as well as extensive examination of La zapatera prodigiosa and Bodas de sangre; in addition it makes reference to the lesser known El sue o de la vida, Retablillo de Don Crist bal, Drag n and El loco y la loca, together with a relevant selection of Garcia Lorca's drawings and prose.

Dr SARAH WRIGHT lectures in Hispanic Studies at the University of Hull.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855660741
• ISBN13: 9781855660748
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Tamesis Books
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"