Contemporary Spanish gothic / Ann Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Ann, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Spain--History--21st century.

Motion pictures.

Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Spanish.

History.

Spain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

Summary:

With the success of novels such as The Shadow of the Wind and films like The Others, contemporary Spanish culture has contributed a great deal to the imagery and experience of the Gothic, although such contributions are not always recognised as being specifically Spanish in origin. Contemporary Spanish Gothic is the first book to study how the Gothic mode intersects with cultural production in Spain today, considering some of the ways in which such production feeds off and simultaneously feeds into Gothic production more widely. Examining the works of writers and filmmakers like Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Pedro Almodovar and Alejandro Amenabar, as well as the further reaches of Spanish Gothic influence in the Twilight film series, the book considers images and themes like the mad surgeon and the vulnerable body, the role of the haunted house, and the heritage biopics of Francisco de Goya. Publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Heritage Gothic: Goya Biopics 25

3 The Gothic Bestseller: The Circulation of Excess 54

4 The Gothic House: Problematising the National Space 8-1

5 The Gothic Camera: Javier Aguirrcsarobe at Home and in Hollywood 111

6 Gothic Medicine: Written on the Body 138

7 Conclusion 170.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474402996

1474402992

OCLC:

945357249