A compilation of Lorca's poetry and prose, emphasizing Lorca's notion of the duende, the "earth spirit of irrationality and death."

Contents:                 

Deep song -- Note on the guitar -- The guitar -- Riddle of the guitar -- Poem of the Saeta -- Rider's song -- Farewell -- Death of Antoñito el Camborio -- Ballad of one doomed to die -- Play and theory of the Duende -- In praise of Antonia Mercé, La Argentina -- Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías -- Poem of the bull -- Dance of the moon in Santiago -- Casida of the branches -- Casida of the lament -- Gacela of the bitter root.