Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.
Federico García Lorca (himself) -- The American agenda -- Poet-translators: Langston Hughes to Paul Blackburn -- The deep image -- Apocryphal Lorca: Robert Creeley and Jack Spicer -- Frank O'Hara's "Lorcaescas" -- Kenneth Koch: parody and pedagogy -- Jerome Rothenberg: the Lorca variations.
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Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) had enormous impact on the generation of American poets who came of age during the cold war, from Robert Duncan and Allen Ginsberg to Robert Creeley and Jerome Rothenberg. In large numbers, these poets have not only translated his works, but written imitations, parodies, and pastiches-along with essays and critical reviews. Jonathan Mayhew's Apocryphal Lorca is an exploration of the afterlife of this legendary Spanish writer in the poetic culture of the United States. The book examines how Lorca in English translation has become a specifically Amer.
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Apocryphal Lorca.
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García Lorca, Federico,1898-1936
García Lorca, Federico,1898-1936-- Appreciation-- United States.
García Lorca, Federico,1898-1936-- Influence.
García Lorca, Federico,1898-1936-- Parodies, imitations, etc.
García Lorca, Federico,1898-1936-- Translations into English.
García Lorca, Federico,1898-1936
American poetry-- 20th century-- History and criticism.