The Metaphorical Image in the Poetic Tragedy of Federico García Lorca

Author

Jack Edward Tomlins

Publication Date

3-1-1953

Abstract

Admittedly, to present another study on Lorca appears at first to be a futile task. Critics in Spain, Latin America, England, and the United States have in no way allowed the poet to fall into oblivion; quite the contrary, in numberless articles and critical analyses, Lorca has been praised, applauded, and very nearly deified--often by those who obviously were striving to make political capital of his untimely death. This voluminous output of Lorquian criticism--which is many times composed on an elegiac note and based on high-sounding generalities--prompts the present investigation. This study will explore the reputation which Lorca has earned for himself as a highly original poet through a concrete analysis of the metaphorical image as it appears in the three poetic tragedies considered to be the most mature pieces of all the Lorquian theatrical production.

Degree Name

Spanish (MA)

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Spanish and Portuguese

First Committee Member (Chair)

Illegible

Second Committee Member

Raymond Ralph MacCurdy

Third Committee Member

Albert Richard Lopes

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Tomlins, Jack Edward. "The Metaphorical Image in the Poetic Tragedy of Federico García Lorca." (1953). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/span_etds/96