“my constant anguish”:
Luengo.
Xirgu hears script:
Rodrigo,
García Lorca
, 291–92; León.
Political developments in Spain, early 1936:
Thomas, 128–29; Jackson, 176–77; South-worth, 8–9;
ABC
(Madrid), January 14, 1936; Preston, 109–14.
FGL’s support of communist causes:
Molina Fajardo, 358–59; Morla Lynch, 293; Jou; “Federico García Lorca parla per als obrers catalans,”
L’Hora
(Palma de Mallorca), September 27, 1935, in OC, III, 597–98;
Nuestro Cinema
IV, 17, 2nd series (August 1935), cited in Rafael Utrera,
García Lorca y el cinema
. “Lienzo de plata para un viaje a la Luna,” prologue by Miguel García-Posada (Sevilla: EdiSur, 1982), 40. On his desire to know Russia personally, see EC, 821.
Alberti homage:
“En honor de dos poetas,”
El Sol
(Madrid), February 8, 1936, 2;
La Libertad
(Madrid), February 8, 1936, 9;
El Socialista
(Madrid), February 9 and 11, 1936;
Mundo Obrero
, February 11, 1936, 5;
FM
, 403–4; Robert Marrast,
Rafael Alberti en México
(1936) (Santander: La Isla de los Ratones, 1984). For photo of FGL and others see FGL,
Antología comentada
(I, Poesía), ed. Eutimio Martin (Madrid: Ediciones de la Torre, 1988).
Valle-Inclán homage:
La Libertad
(Madrid),
February 15, 1936, 4;
El Sol
(Madrid), February 15, 1936, 8; Agustí, 94;
El Socialista
(Madrid), February 14, 1936, 5;
Mundo Obrero
, February 15, 1936, 5; “Ha muerto Valle-Inclán,”
El Sol
(Madrid), January 7, 1936, 1, 6.
“If we don’t win”:
Suero, “Los últimos días.”
February
1936 elections: Thomas, 129–37; Preston, 114–24; Jackson, 186–97; South-worth, “The Falange,” 9–10; ABC (Madrid), February 18, 1936; Pablo Suero, “Los jovenes poetas están con la España nueva,” in Eutimio Martín, “Un testimonio olvidado sobre García Lorca en el libro España levanta el puño, de Pablo Suero,”
Trece de Nieve
2nd series, 3 (Madrid, May 1977), 80–82.
“more poisoned”:
Pedro Salinas
i
Jorge Guillén, 171.
FGL signs manifestos and contributes to liberal causes:
Mundo Obrero
, February 15, 1936, 3, and March 31, 1936, 6;
El Sol
(Madrid), February 23, 1936; Juan Cano Ballesta, “Peripecias de una amistad: Lorca y Miguel Hernández,”
Cuadernos hispanoamericanos
433–36 (July-August 1986), 220; “En Madrid hay un club infántil,”
Ahora
(Madrid), February 16, 1936;
El Socialista
(Madrid), March 29, 1936, 4; Gibson,
El asesinato
, 352–55; FM, 403; Hortensia Campanella, “Profeta en toda tierra. Federico García Lorca, en Uruguay,”
Insula
384 (November 1978), 10.
“As an observer of life”:
“Federico García Lorca parla per als obrers catalans,”
L’Hora
(Palma de Mallorca), September 27, 1935, 4, in OC, III, 600.
“the
social
trap” and “scorchingly communist drama”:
Pedro Salinas / Jorge Guillén, 171.
“an anarchist-communist-libertarian”:
Martínez Nadal,
El público
, 276.
“Look, I greet some people”:
Peñón, 188.
FGL receives court citation:
Otero Seco; Manuel Iglesias Corral, “Recuerdos históricos,”
La Voz de Galicia
(La Coruña), August 24, 1983, 3, cited in G,
II
, 411–12;
FM
, xxv; author interview with Santiago Ontañón.
FGL travels to San Sebastián:
“En el Ateneo. El poeta García Lorca y su Romancero Gitano,”
El Pueblo Vasco
(San Sebastián), March 8, 1936, 2; FGL, [Conferencia-recital del Romancero gitano], in OC, III, 184.
Cernuda tribute:
“Homenaje a Luis Cernuda. García Lorca leyó un bello trabajo sobre el poeta y su obra,”
El Sol
(Madrid), April 21, 1936; Gil-Albert, 192, 201; Paloma Ulacía Altolaguirre,
Concha Méndez. Memorias habladas, memorias armadas
, introduction by María Zambrano (Madrid: Mondadori España, 1990), 97–98; Altolaguirre,
Obras completas
I,
Caballo griego
, 86–87, and
Estudios literarios
, 235; Antonio Aparicio, “Federico García Lorca y su época,” 58.
“Envy and petty grievances”:
Jou.
“as if in a dream”:
Paloma Ulacía Altolaguirre,
Concha Méndez. Memorias habladas, memorias armadas
, introduction by María Zambrano (Madrid: Mondadori España, 1990), 97–98.
Escalating violence:
Thomas, 138–45, 153; Preston, 128–31; Jackson, 197–98; Payne, 100; Southworth, 10;
Heraldo de Madrid
, April 7 and 14, 1936; May 2 and 9, 1936;
El Socialista
(Madrid), May 9, 1936;
La Libertad
(Madrid), May 10, 1936.
FGL’s social life, spring
1936: Morla Lynch, 479–81; Felipe Morales, “Conversaciones literarias. Al habla con Federico García Lorca,”
La Voz
(Madrid), April 7, 1936, in OC, III, 631–33.
“richer than ever”:
Torre, “Federico García Lorca,” 69.
FGL projects and publications, spring
1936: Mario Hernández, introduction to FGL,
Yerma
, 14–15, citing
Cruz y Raya
23–24 (Madrid, February-March 1935);
Heraldo de Aragón
(Zaragoza), January 21, 1936, 2; Morla Lynch, 90–92; “Universidad Internacional. Matilde Pomés habla de la mujer española, del arte de traducir, de los novelistas y de los poetas españoles,”
El Sol
(Madrid), July 19, 1936, 4;
La Barraca y su entorno teatral
(Madrid: Gráficas Oviedo, 1975), 43.
“religious and socio-economic” and “I see it clearly aren’t I?”:
Felipe Morales, “Conversaciones literarias. Al habla con Federico García Lorca,”
La Voz
(Madrid), April 7, 1936, in OC, III, 631–32.
FGL takes part in May Day celebrations:
Carlos G. Santa Cecilia, “La insoportable levedad de Federico,”
El País
(Madrid), August 19, 1986, xi;
¡Ayuda!
(Madrid), May 1, 1936, 5.
“I’ve come here as a friend”:
Torre, “Federico García Lorca,” 69; Guillermo de Torre, “Presencia de Federico García Lorca,” in