Lorca was one of the most influential and talented members of the avant-garde movement of his generation.His chilling and compelling drama Blood Wedding established him as the dramatist who revived Spanish-speaking theatre.Garcia Lorca for Beginners analyses Lorca's work within the context of his life-a life filled with passion and drama. The books in this series deal with a vast and diverse range of subjects—history, philosophy, current events, visual arts, music, literature, culture studies and science. For Beginners offers inquisitive readers intelligent, accessible introductions to the major thinkers and ideas of our time. These complex subjects are presented with clarity and simplicity. The books are reader-friendly: comic strips, photographs, cartoons, illustrations etc. are used creatively, to both convey information and to comment on the subjects.