Literature Help: Blood Wedding

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It is often said that the play "Blood Wedding" is inspired by a real life incident. The author, Lorca, is said to have read about a sensational crime in the Madrid daily ABC in 1928.

Almost similar incident is presented in the play, with the help of several fictionalized other events.

The incident was described as follows: Nijar was a farming village. A young man was trying to run away with a bride on the eve of her wedding.

Unfortunately, they were caught and the young man was murdered. It was later revealed that the groom’s cousin had murdered the young man.

It is said that Lorca followed the murder investigation very closely. He also followed the people who were involved in it. They helped him develop the characters in his play.

The woman involved in the crime was said to be of independent character and from a very rich family. The groom who was murdered was kind but he was over protected by his mother.

Most of the details of the wedding in the play are almost parallel to those of the real life wedding party.

Literature Help: Blood Wedding
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Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Summary
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
Chapter Three: Characters
Chapter Four: Complete Summary
Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Dec 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310418228

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Chapter One: Introduction

Blood Wedding by Spanish dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca was written in 1932. In Spanish the book was titled Bodas de Sangre.

The book was first published in Madrid in March 1933. Later that year, it was published in Buenos Aires.

The author continued to maintain a lifelong interest in the music and culture of rural Spain. He was highly influenced by both these interests. Blood Wedding is said to be the author’s most acclaimed tragedy.

The play Blood Wedding is said to have been inspired by a real life incident. It is said that Lorca had read about a sensational crime in the Madrid daily ABC in 1928.

The incident was described as follows: Nijar was a farming village. A young man was trying to run away with a bride on the eve of her wedding. Unfortunately, they were caught and the young man was murdered. It was later revealed that the groom’s cousin had murdered the young man.

It is said that Lorca followed the murder investigation very closely. He also followed the people who were involved in it. They helped him develop the characters in his play.

The woman involved in the crime was said to be of independent character and from a very rich family. The groom who was murdered was kind but he was over protected by his mother.

Most of the details of the wedding in the play are almost parallel to those of the real life wedding party.

It is said that the author wrote this play in feverish and intense burst of activity. While writing the play he was listening to a Bach cantata over and over again.

The play Blood Wedding got very good response