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...

• 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"