The Trickster-Function in the Theatre of García Lorca

by Sarah Wright

'The Trickster-Function in the Theatre of Garcia Lorca' is a bold and original study of Garcia Lorca's plays which offers an important critical insight on a selection of his most complex, challenging and least-studied works. Using the image of the 'trickster' as leitmotif, it argues for a reading of Garcia Lorca's plays which highlights androgyny, male fantasy, masochism, masquerade and the carnivalesque. The introduction of the concept of the 'trickster-function'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855660741
• ISBN13: 9781855660748
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Tamesis Books
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"