Spanish Gothic: National Identity, Collaboration and Cultural Adaptation

Palgrave Gothic

by Xavier Aldana Reyes

This book presents the first English introduction to the broad history of the Gothic mode in Spain. It focuses on key literary periods, such as Romanticism, the fin-de-siecle, spiritualist writings of the early-twentieth century, and the cinematic and literary booms of the 1970s and 2000s. With illustrative case studies, Aldana Reyes demonstrates how the Gothic mode has been a permanent yet ever-shifting fixture of the literary and cinematic landscape of Spain since the late-eighteenth century. He proposes that writers and filmmakers alike welcomed the Gothic as a liberating and transgressive artistic language.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gothic

251 pages, Hardcover

Published March 27, 2017

About the author

Xavier is Reader in English Literature and Film at Manchester Metropolitan University, and a founder member of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies.

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

A comprehensive study of Gothic literature and cinema in Spain from the 19th century to today, Aldana Reyes covers expected topics (Espronceda and Zafon) and introduces readers to numerous works that have yet to be translated into English. Any fan of Gothic literary history should pick up this volume.

4/5