<DIV><br>Yerma (meaning 'Barren') is one of three tragic plays about peasants and rural life that make up Lorca's 'rural trilogy'.<br>It is possibly Lorca's harshest play following a woman's Herculean<br>struggle against the curse of infertility. The woman's barrenness<br>becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that<br>denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a<br>child drives her to commit a terrible crime at the end of the play.<BR><br><BR><br>This Student Edition comes complete with a full introduction; plot synopsis;<br>commentary on characters, context and themes; bibliography; chronology,<br>and questions for study.<br></DIV>