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Yerma (meaning 'Barren') is one of three tragic plays about peasants and rural life that make up Lorca's 'rural trilogy'. It is possibly Lorca's harshest play following a woman's Herculean struggle against the curse of infertility. The woman's barrenness becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a child drives her to commit a terrible crime at the end of the play. This Student Edition comes complete with a full introduction; plot synopsis; commentary on characters, context and themes; bibliography; chronology, and questions for study.
| ISBN | 0713683260 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9780713683264
(What's this?) | | Pages | 208 | | Publisher | A & C Black Publishers Ltd | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | Methuen Drama | | Weight (grammes) | 176 | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | London | | Publication date | 20 Feb 2007 | | Series title | Student Editions | | Translator | Gwynne Edwards | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Writer of introduction | Gwynne Edwards | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Library of Congress | PQ | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY | 862.62 | | Academic level | Undergraduate |
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| | | Plot | | | | | | Commentary | | | | | | Lorca and the theater of his time | | | | | | The real-life sources of Yerma | | | | | | The broader meaning : symbolism and imagery | | | | | | The characters | | | | | | The play as tragedy | | | | | | Staging of Lorca's plays in his lifetime | | | | | | Production history of Yerma | | | | | | Translating Lorca | | | | | | Yerma | | |
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