Almería in Lorca

Abstract

In this essay, we have posed several questions concerning the Lorca’s early years of studying in Almería in order to clarify some inaccuracies that we have assumed to be good about these years. Among these questions, we would like to anticipate the following: Why did Federico study in this city in his early years? Who was his teacher Rodríguez Espinosa and to what pedagogical movement should we assign him today? How many years and in which school did he study? What are his first writings in our city? How do the memories of these years and Almería itself survive in his work? The answers to these questions do not only allow us today to draw up an exact timeline of Federico’s stay in Almería, but also to clarify the surrounding circumstances and to trace the mark and the memories of these years that appear in the poet’s later works.