Gothic Terrors - Incarceration, Duplication, and Bloodlust in Spanish Narrative (Hardcover)

Gothic Terrors brings together two discursive fields that have had very little contact hitherto: gothic studies and Hispanism. Though widely accepted in English studies, Hispanists seldom invoke the concept of a Gothic mode existing beyond its first appearance in the eighteenth century. Highlighting Gothic elements in mainstream Spanish fiction from the nineteenth century until the present day, Lee Six challenges the view that Spanish writers rejected what the Gothic had to offer. Through close study of texts by Benito Perez Galdos, Emilia Pardo Bazan, Miguel de Unamuno, Camilo Jose Cela, Adelaida Garcia Morales, Espido Freire, and Javier Garcia Sanchez, Abigail Lee Six traces the evolution of three staples of the Gothic: the heroine imprisoned on grounds of madness, the doubled or split character, and the use of violent, gory description. Persuasively argued and well researched, Gothic Terrors reflects on the Gothic presence in Spanish mainstream literature and identifies two important ways in which it crosses cultural divides: the traditional gulf between high and low culture within Spain, and the engagement of Spanish creative writers with transnational literary trends. Gothic Terrors will thus appeal to Gothic scholars who are interested in the Spanish dimension of their field, as well as to Hispanists who may have been unaware of how relevant and useful Gothic studies could be for them.

General

Imprint:	Bucknell University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2010
First published:	April 2010
Authors:	Abigail Lee Six
Dimensions:	245 x 167 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	184
ISBN-13:	978-1-61148-340-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works
LSN:	1-61148-340-9
Barcode:	9781611483406

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