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Garcia Lorca at the edge of surrealism : the aesthetics of anguish / David F. Richter.

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"García Lorca at the Edge of Surrealism: The Aesthetics of Anguish examines the variations of surrealism and surrealist theories in the Spanish context, studied through the poetry, drama, and drawings of Federico García Lorca (1898-1936). In contrast to the idealist and subconscious tenets espo...

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Main Author: Richter, David F., 1977- (Author)
Other title:Aesthetics of anguish.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Bucknell University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
García Lorca, Federico, > 1898-1936 > Criticism and interpretation.
Surrealism (Literature) > Spain.
Surrealism > Spain.
Bataille, Georges, > 1897-1962.
Surrealism (Literature) > France.
Surrealism > France.
Surrealism > Philosophy.
García Lorca, Federico, > 1898-1936.
Surrealism.
Surrealism (Literature)
France.
Spain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Note on translations
  • Introduction: foundations for a dissident surrealism
  • Spanish surrealism's absent father: sub-realism from Juan Larrea to Federico García Lorca
  • Burning in the void: an aesthetics of informe in Lorca's New York
  • Truth, mutation, and the closure of representation: sovereign identity in Lorca's Retablillo and El público
  • Rotten roses and other botanical bereavements: vanguardist floral (dis)arrangements and Lorca's Doña Rosita
  • Lorca and Bataille beyond surrealism: Sonetos del amor oscuro and the erotic imperative
  • Conclusion: an ethics of informe.

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