, 448; Mario Hernández, “Ocho cartas inéditas [Comentario],”
Trece de Nieve
2nd series, 1–2, 2nd ed. (Madrid, December 1976), 52. On the possibility of Rapún’s accompanying FGL to Mexico, see Rivas Cherif;
G, II
, 409; and author letter from Tomás Rodríguez Rapún (December 22, 1988).
Daily strikes and political killings:
Thomas, 166; Preston, 131–32.
FGL’s behavior, June-July 1936:
G, II
, 449–50; AFFGL; Auclair, 322–24; Mario Hernández, “Ocho cartas inéditas [Comentario],”
Trece de Nieve
2nd series, 1–2, 2nd ed. (Madrid, December 1976), 52; Martínez Nadal,
The Public
, 12; Morla Lynch, 491–92; “El comité español de Amigos de Portugal se dirige a Oliveira Salazar protestando de la política que desarrolla,”
Heraldo de Madrid
, July 4, 1936, 15; Cernuda, “Federico García Lorca,” 16; Neruda,
Passions and Impressions
, 95; Mario Hernández, “Jardín deshecho: Los ‘Sonetos’ de García Lorca,”
El Crotalón
I (1984), 209–10. On FGL’s fear of traffic, see José Caballero, “Con Federico en los ensayos de
Yerma,” ABC
(Madrid), December 29, 1984, Saturday Cultural section I; Ernesto Guerra Da Cal, “Federico, na lembrança,” Nos. 4–5-6 (Pontevedra, September 1986-March 1987), 65; Cano, 87; Alberti,
La arboleda perdida
, 258; Ontañón, “Semblanza”.
“I’m a diplomat”:
Teitelboim, 197–98.
Calvo Sotelo’s murder:
Thomas, 169–76; Jackson, 230; Payne, 115.
“What’s going to happen?”:
Gil-Albert, 185. On the whereabouts of FGL’s family, see Fernández-Montesinos, “Descripción,” xi-xii.
“Rafael… come what may”:
Martínez Nadal,
The Public
, 14–15.
FGL visits Méndez and Altolaguirre:
Altolaguirre,
Obras completas
I,
Estudios literarios
, 281; and Paloma Ulacía Altolaguirre,
Concha Méndez. Memorias habladas, memorias armadas
, introduction by María Zambrano (Madrid: Mondadori España, 1990), 99–100. Information on Rapún’s whereabouts comes from author interview with Tomás Rodríguez Rapún.
FGL visits sister:
Martínez Nadal,
The Public
, 16–17;
G, II
, 454.
FGL visits Rodríguez Espinosa:
Rodríguez Espinosa, 110. FGL often visited Rodríguez Espinosa in Madrid (Couffon, 90). For the precise date of FGL’s departure, see
G, II
, 453–55, and Molina Fajardo, 2.6–27. Ian Gibson has convincingly disproved Martínez Nadal’s contention (
The Public
, 17) that on the night train to Granada FGL encountered the man who would eventually arrest him, Ramón Ruiz Alonso (see
G, II
, 471–27, and
El asesinato
, 50–52).
27. Fountain:1936
“The soul went back”:
FM
, xxvi.
News coverage of FGL’s arrivaclass="underline"
Defensor de Granada
, July 15, 1936, 1;
Ideal
(Granada), July 16, 1936, 6;
El Noticiero Granadino
, July 17, 1936, 4. For installation of telephone in Huerta, see Gibson, “La ‘Huerta de San Vicente,’” 21–30.
“in a state of unrest”:
Ideal
(Granada), July 1, 1936, 3; for a general account of Granada in early July 1936, see
Historia de la Cruzada Española
.
FGL writes
Aurelia:
FM
, xxvi; Marie Laffranque, introduction and notes, in FGL,
Teatro inconcluso
, 68; FGL’s interview with Antonio Otero Seco was published posthumously in
La Voz
(Madrid), October 8, 1936, in OC, III, 626; Gregorio Prieto, “Historia de un libro,”
Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos
(July-August 1949), 21; Gregorio Prieto,
Lorca en color
(Madrid, Editora Nacional, 1969), 29–33
The Dreams of My Cousin Aurelia:
OC, II, 787–807.
“therapeutic slap … of her house”:
“Sección de rumores,”
Heraldo de Madrid
, May 29, 1936, 9.
First days of war, July
17 and 18: Thomas, 165, 181–88;
Historia de la Cruzada Española
,
176–78;
Preston, 141.
FGL’s saint’s day:
Gibson, “La ‘Huerta de San Vicente,’” 24; Gibson,
El asesinato
, 173; Antonio Valverde, “‘Lorca tenía miedo al inicio de la guerra,’”
El Día de Granada
, August 17, 1986, 5; author interview with Vicente López.
“García Lorca. ‘Precious child’”:
Heraldo de Madrid
, July 18, 1936, 3.
Conflicting radio reports, July 18:
Historia de la Cruzada Española
, 183, 278; Thomas, 191.
Events on the Spanish mainland, July 19 and 20:
Ideal
(Granada), July 19, 1936, 1–3; Thomas, 194–206; Brenan,
The Spanish Labyrinth
, 314
Nationalists seize Granada, July 20–23:
Historia de la Cruzada Española
, 280–89; Thomas, 204–5, 211–13; Helen Nicholson,
Death in the Morning
(London: Loval Dickson, 1937), 20–24; “Mass Executions and Air Raids in Spain Related in Neville Diary. Granada Incidents of Civil War are described by
Herald Tribune
Bridge Editor; Victims of Firing Squad Hauled Alive to Cemetery,”
New York Herald Tribune
, August 30, 1936, section II, 1 and 6;
Ideal
(Granada), July 21, 22, 23, and 24 1936;
El Correo de Andalucía
(Seville), July 21, 1936, 1; author interview with Bernardo Olmedo. For an eyewitness account of the insurrection, see Gallego Morell,
Antonio Gallego Burín
, 81–82.
Executions begin in Granada:
“Mass Executions and Air Raids in Spain Related in Neville Diary. Granada Incidents of Civil War are described by
Herald Tribune
Bridge Editor; Victims of Firing Squad Hauled Alive to Cemetery,”
New York Herald Tribune
, August 30, 1936, section II, 1 and 6; Helen Nicholson,
Death in the Morning
(London: Loval Dickson, 1937), 20–24;
Ideal
(Granada), August 1, 8, and 11 1936; Gibson,
The Assassination
, 99–100, 103–5, 109–11; Couffon, 127; Molina Fajardo, 50, 308–11, 404, 421; author interview with Enrique Lanz Durán.
FGL nightmare:
Gibson, “La ‘Huerta de San Vicente,’” 26.
Lorca family’s response to events:
Gibson,