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Author Six, Abigail Lee.

Title Gothic terrors : incarceration, duplication, and bloodlust in Spanish narrative / Abigail Lee Six
Published Lewisburg, PA : Bucknell University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (184 pages)
Contents Incarceration -- Duplication -- Bloodlust -- Conclusion
Summary "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 Pérez Galdós, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Miguel de Unamuno, Camilo José Cela, Adelaida García Morales, Espido Freire, and Javier García Sánchez, 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."--Publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Blood in literature.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Spanish -- History and criticism
Horror tales, Spanish -- History and criticism
Mental illness in literature.
Terror in literature.
Violence in literature.
Blood in literature
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Spanish
Horror tales, Spanish
Mental illness in literature
Terror in literature
Violence in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Bucknell University Press.
ISBN 0838758029
9780838758021