The Poetics of Apocalypse: Federico García Lorca's Poet in New York
- ISBN-10
- 0838755356
- ISBN-13
- 9780838755358
- Category
- Apocalypse in literature
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Author
- Martha Nandorfy
Description
Guided by the duende, liminal principle of creativity and death, Lorca represents New York as dystopia cum Armageddon, ultimately redeemed by the Blacks of Harlem and the telluric forces unleashed to retake the decadent, soulless civilization of North America."--BOOK JACKET.
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