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 Zafón, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Pedro Almodóvar and Alejandro Amenábar, 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.
| ISBN: | 9781474431934 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2018 |
| Author: | Ann Davies |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism Film: styles and genres Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary reference works Films, cinema |
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 Zafón, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Pedro Almodóvar and Alejandro Amenábar, 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.
Contemporary Spanish Gothic features in the following genres: Film history, theory or criticism, Film: styles and genres, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary reference works, Films, cinema
Contemporary Spanish Gothic is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Contemporary Spanish Gothic was written by Ann Davies and published by Edinburgh University Press
Contemporary Spanish Gothic has 208 pages
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