{"product_id":"the-comic-spirit-of-federico-garcia-lorca","title":"The Comic Spirit of Federico Garcia Lorca","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the years since his death, Federico Garca Lorca, Spains bestknown twentiethcentury poet and playwright, has generally been considered a writer of tragedy. Three of his major plays are fatalistic stories of suffering and death, and his poetry is filled with dread. Yet most of Lorcas dramatic production consists of comedies and farces. Throughout his poetry and prose, as well as in his most somber plays, runs an undercurrent of humordark irony and satirethat is in no way contradictory to his tragic view of life. On the contrary, as Virginia Higginbotham demonstrates, through humor Lorca defines, intensifies, and tries to come to terms with what he sees as the essentially hopeless condition of humankind.Although Lorcas comic moments and techniques have been discussed in isolated articles, the importance of humor has largely been ignored in the fundamental studies of his work. Higginbotham is concerned with Lorcas total output: lyric poetry, tragicomedies and farces, avantgarde prose and plays, puppet farces, and master plays. She describes Lorcas place in the mainstream of the Spanish theater and shows his relationship to some relevant nonSpanish dramatists. Furthermore, she discusses ways in which Lorcas work anticipates the modern theater of the absurd. The result is a comprehensive study of an important, but previously ignored, aspect of Lorcas work.The Comic Spirit of Federico Garca Lorca includes a Lorca chronology and an extensive bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Higginbotham, Virginia \/ hardcover","offer_id":47845172805877,"sku":"SONG029271033X","price":31.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/41wDiu8V4SL.jpg?v=1773825151","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-comic-spirit-of-federico-garcia-lorca","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}