About this title: Federico Garcia Lorca was born in Spain in 1898 and executed in 1936, during the Spanish Civil War. The notion of "duende"--a demonic earth spirit--became a fixation of Lorca's poetics over the course of his career. This book gathers Lorca's writings about the duende, and a full bilingual sampling of his poetry also is included, with special attention to poems arising from traditional Spanish verse forms.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corpor
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780811213769ISBN:0811213765
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1998-04-01
ISBN-13:9780811213769ISBN:0811213765
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780811213769ISBN:0811213765
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NEW DIRECTIONS
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780811213769ISBN:0811213765
Description: New. Federico Garcia Lorca was born in Spain in 1898 and executed in 1936, during the Spanish Civil War. The notion of "duende"--a demonic earth spirit--became a fixation of Lorca's poetics over the course of his career. This book gathers Lorca's writings... read more
"It's all about the essay "Play and Theory of the Duende," which you can probably find in any collection of his writings. The "duende": that dark power, impossible to articulate, that the greatest performers hold. And also: the inner devil an artist wrestles with to create. Angels are too removed, muses too fickle. It's the duende who leads you to your work. (This book also contains some of Lorca's poetry and other essays/lectures on Spanish art and artists.)"
"The essay "Play and Theory of the Duende" in this book is one of the more important pieces on creativity that I've ever read. It's got the juice that's so often missing from conversations about "process" and it effortlessly combines the arts of dance and writing in a way I thought I was crazy for."
"This little book is filled with the writings, by Frederico Garcia Lorca, about duende. Difficult to define, Lorca says of duende: "an inexplicable power of attraction, the ability, on rare occasions, to send waves of emotion through those watching and listening to them. Lorca says: "The duende does not come at all unless he sees that death is possible . . . With idea, sound, or gesture, the duende enjoys fighting the creator on the very rim of the well." Lorca talks about the differences between the muse, the angel, and the duende, with regard to certain types of creative expression: poetry spoken out loud, a primitive dance with ancient roots performed by spanish gypsy's and music, called "deep song." He says there are at least four elements that can be isolated in duende: "irrationality, earthiness, a heightened awareness of death, and a dash of the diabolical. The duende is a demonic earth spirit who helps the artist see the limitations of intelligence ..." Through lectures and poetry Lorca conveys this intense and deeply emotional place that few artists reach. A deep and thought-provoking read."
"Trough the metaphore of Spain and the figures of the angel, the muse and the duende, Lorca tries to analyse what in his opinion makes the diference between a good art piece and and this specific and magical moment when creation can simply shake your body and soul. If you see this text as something more then just the first plain level of reading, it becomes real poetry. Duende is what I tried to get to all these years without being able to name it properly."
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