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- First thorough introduction to the history of the Gothic in Spain from the late-eighteenth century to the present day and first in the English language.
- Advances nation-specific understandings of the Gothic and sets out the intrinsic identity of the Spanish Gothic.
- The book has a multidisciplinary outlook, focusing on fiction and cinema.
Part of the book series: Palgrave Gothic (PAGO)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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First Wave Gothic (1785–1834)
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Front Matter
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From Romanticism to the Fin-de-siècle (1834–1900)
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Front Matter
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Modern and Contemporary Gothic Literature (1900–2016)
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“The book provides a compelling account of how the gothic was able to pervade (or infect) a variety of genres and modes in Spain during this period. He characterises the gothic as transhistorical, transmedial and transgeneric, materialising in romantic literature, didactic fiction … and cinema. … in giving us the most complete account to date (in English, at least) of this mode in Spain, Spanish Gothic also illustrates the transnational nature of the Gothic as it travelled beyond its original ‘homes’.” (Dr. Leon Hunt, Viewfinder Online, bufvc.ac. uk, June, 2017)“Spanish Gothic is an exemplary piece of scholarship that will assuredly become the cornerstone of future studies of gothic cultural production in Spain. It will, moreover, undoubtedly contribute to new transnational histories of gothic as it developed on a global scale from the eighteenth century to today.” (Christina Morin, The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, Vol. 16, 2017)
“Aldana Reyes's new book will become the go-to text on Spanish Gothic. The historical sweep of his work brings forth new insights on the reach of the Gothic beyond the Anglophone and reveals Spanish culture as steeped in a tradition that is as familiar worldwide as it is peculiarly its own.” (Prof Ann Davies, Chair in Spanish and Latin American Studies at Stirling University, UK, and author of Contemporary Spanish Gothic (2016))
“Worthwhile literary criticism aspires to three not always compatible goals: originality, erudition and clarity. Aldana Reyes achieves all three in his ambitious, rewarding Spanish Gothic, an impressively researched book that maps unexplored common ground for scholars of Gothic and Hispanic Studies alike.” (Christopher B. Weimer, Professor of Spanish at Oklahoma State University, USA)
“Spanish Gothic is a fine pioneering study and an appealing invitation to include ‘Gothic’ in the theoretical vocabulary about the fantastic produced and consumed in Spain. Aldana Reyes shows that Spanish writers and filmmakers firmly belong in transnational, transmedia Gothic while providing Spanish Gothic with a distinct identity.” (Dr Sara Martín Alegre, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
Authors and Affiliations
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Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Xavier Aldana Reyes
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spanish Gothic
Book Subtitle: National Identity, Collaboration and Cultural Adaptation
Authors: Xavier Aldana Reyes
Series Title: Palgrave Gothic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-30601-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-30600-5Published: 27 March 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-30601-2Published: 16 March 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-6214
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6222
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 241
Topics: Film Theory, European Culture, Film History, Literary History, European Cinema and TV, European Literature