The poetry of the Spanish author Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) is marked by brilliance, originality, and dramatic flair. His plays are among the best examples of 20th-century poetic drama. In the 20th century Federico García Lorca, Migu...

Federico García Lorca's reputation rests equally on his poetry and his plays. He is widely regarded as Spain's most distinguished twentieth-century writer, his work has been translated into at least twenty-five languages, and his name is as famili...

Federico García Lorca was "a child of genius beyond question," declared Jorge Guillen in Language and Poetry. A Spanish poet and dramatist, García Lorca was at the height of his fame in 1936 when he was executed by fascist rebels at...

Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) was born in the Andalusian town of Fuente Vaqueros, but spent much of his youth in the nearby city of Granada. Many years later he would be executed by a firing squad in...

Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1932 and first performed in 1933. Blood Wedding is the first play of García Lorca's trilogy of rural tragedies. Yerma and The House of Bernarda...

Blood Wedding By Federico García Lorca Walkerspace 46 Walker Street 212-868-4444 Bride of Sweeney Marriage of Lorca and Doyle is one very Todd couple Audiences at Woodshed Collective's new staging of Blood Weddingmay be forgiven for wondering...

Patrice Chereau's costume drama La Reine Margot doesn't begin auspiciously. Paragraph after paragraph of text on the screen explaining the political situation in France in 1572, followed by moody images of people scheming, then a royal wedding tha t lapses into farce when the...

Federico Garcia Lorca's three plays, "Blood Wedding," "Yerma," and "The House of Bernarda Alba" share many symbolisms. These unconscious symbols are known as archetypes, developed by the psychologist, Carl G. Jung. Analysis better explains some of the unconscious meaning and original thoughts behind Lorca's symbols. This is important because a detailed reading will allow the reader to clearly understand each symbol and why it is important to the society in the play, and to Lorc

My essay compares Frederico Lorca's two works "The Blood Wedding" and "Yerma."  The political, social and cultural aspects are identified and compared.

A comparison of "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht with "Blood Wedding" by Fredrico Garcia Lorca shows very different views of societal tradition. The setting of "Blood Wedding" is one of many social customs and traditional values that hold sway over individual behavior. In "Mother Courage and Her Children," people are more individualistic because they must rely upon themselves to survive. Other themes of both novels are explored.