Yerma

Federico García Lorca author Prof Gwynne Edwards translator Prof Gwynne Edwards editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:20th Feb '07

Should be back in stock very soon

Yerma cover

A set text: AQA AS/A level Drama & Theatre Studies Strong sales to schools and universities of Lorca play volumes 2006 is the 70th anniversary of his death

Follows a woman's Herculean struggle against the curse of infertility. The woman's barrenness becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a child drives her to commit a terrible crime.Yerma (meaning 'Barren') is one of three tragic plays about peasants and rural life that make up Lorca's 'rural trilogy'. It is possibly Lorca's harshest play following a woman's Herculean struggle against the curse of infertility. The woman's barrenness becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a child drives her to commit a terrible crime at the end of the play. This Student Edition comes complete with a full introduction; plot synopsis; commentary on characters, context and themes; bibliography; chronology, and questions for study.

ISBN: 9780713683264

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm

Weight: 231g

208 pages