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Although Lorca and, to a lesser extent, Alberti, are commonly described as popular poets, little has been done to demonstrate their fundamental attraction to, and repeated experiments with, the poetry of Spain's oral tradition. In this study of Lorca and Alberti's early dramatic works, lectures, and presentations, we see that lo popular was an essential feature in their very conception of art, as well as in their view of themselves as Spain's leading literary ambassadors, during the years 1923 to 1935.

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Sandra Robertson's book will certainly be important and useful to other scholars. It will be a required piece of scholarship, one to be studied and consulted by all scholars working on the subject. (Antonio Sanchez Romeralo, University of California, Davis)Sandra Robertson's book is not only important for the study of modern Spanish literature, it will also be of great interest to anyone concerned with Hispanic traditional poetry...Dr. Robertson's control of both fields is authoritative. Her study suggests important new perceptions. (Samuel G. Armistead, University of California, Davis)This book is rare among studies of Lorca and Alberti: it is written by someone with scholarly expertise in traditional ('popular') poetry. Because both poets stylized their work in the manner of traditional art, Dr. Robertson's study is a very useful one. (Christopher Maurer, Vanderbilt University) La vinculacion de Lorca y Alberti con la poesia popular ha sido establecida muchas veces. El tema sin embargo, raramente se ha tratado con tanta precision y documentacion como en este estudio de Sandra Cary Robertson. (Carlos Feal, Estreno)

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The Author: Sandra Cary Robertson's interest in Spain's popular and traditional literature led her to graduate work in Folklore at the University of California, Berkeley, and a doctorate in Spanish Literature at the University of California, San Diego. In collaboration with the Seminario Menendez Pidal in Madrid, she has collected ballads in northeastern Spain, and co-edited the Catalogo General de Romancero. She has also published on Lorca. Presently she teaches at the University of San Diego.

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