Romancero gitano by Federico García Lorca
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"Romancero gitano" by Federico García Lorca is a poetry collection published in 1928. This work presents eighteen ballads exploring Gypsy culture through symbols of night, death, sky, and moon, with sorrow as the unifying thread. Set in Andalusia, the poems depict marginalized people clashing with authority, particularly the Civil Guard. Lorca blends popular and sophisticated poetry, treating Gypsies and Andalusia in metaphorical and mythical terms rather than as historical documentation. The collection
merges narrative and lyrical language while capturing eternal conflicts between opposing forces. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936 |
|---|---|
| Title | Romancero gitano |
| Original Publication | Madrid: Revista de Occidente, 1928. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romancero_gitano Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romancero_gitano |
| Credits | Ramón Pajares Box (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Digital Hispánica/Biblioteca Nacional de España.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Spanish poetry -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 72665 |
| Release Date | Jan 9, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 678 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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