Lorca's Romancero Gitano: Eighteen Commentaries

This poem-by-poem guide to Lorca's Romancero gitano was prompted by the need for some form of guidance to the overwhelming amount of critical material published on the book, the relative neglect or misunderstanding of certain poems and a concern to counter a recent tendency to eccentric
interpretation.

Herbert Ramsden's comprehensive collection of commentaries will be useful both for students and teachers and for the Lorca specialist. With each poem the author offers a brief introduction to relevant background material, a comprehensive commentary, a brief indication of interpretations notably
different from his own and a select critical bibliography. In a more general bibliography, the author lists a number of translations of Romancero gitano into English and a selection of commentary-based studies. The great diversity and allusive richness of Lorca's poetic masterpiece demands more
space than a compact student edition allows, and all serious students of Romancero gitano will want to use Herbert Ramsden's Eighteen commentaries alongside his simultaneously-published edition of the text.


Author: Herbert Ramsden
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 7.83h x 5.16w x 0.33d
ISBN: 9780719078248

About the Author

Herbert Ramsden is Emeritus Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Manchester