Dark assemblages : Pilar Pedraza and the gothic story of development / Kay Pritchett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pritchett, Kay, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pedraza, Pilar--Criticism and interpretation.

Pedraza, Pilar.

Gothic revival (Literature)--Spain.

Gothic revival (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Dark Assemblages, Kay Pritchett, after surveying the novelistic production of celebrated Neo-Gothic writer Pilar Pedraza (1951-), focuses on the relevance of the Spanish author's fiction to contemporary social concerns. Pedraza's Gothic stories of development reveal the power of conventional representations (fixed images) to undermine personal growth, bringing identity into line, rather, with the objectives of oppressive social structures (dark assemblages).

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Pilar Pedraza; 2 Becoming in "Mater Tenebrarum"; 3 Image and the Inscrutability of Transformation in Las novias inmóviles; 4 The Phantasmagoric (Part One); 5 The Phantasmagoric (Part Two); 6 Forces of Encounter in "Días de perros"; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61148-673-4