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UNINA9910826424503321 |
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Davies Ann <1961-> |
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Contemporary Spanish gothic / / Ann Davies [[electronic resource]] |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2016 |
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1-4744-3193-3 |
1-4744-2673-5 |
1-4744-1792-2 |
1-4744-0300-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (196 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Edinburgh scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motion pictures - Spain - History - 21st century |
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Spanish |
History |
Spain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 May 2017). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 Heritage Gothic: Goya Biopics -- CHAPTER 3 The Gothic Bestseller: The Circulation of Excess -- CHAPTER 4 The Gothic House: Problematising the National Space -- CHAPTER 5 The Gothic Camera: Javier Aguirresarobe at Home and in Hollywood -- CHAPTER 6 Gothic Medicine: Written on the Body -- CHAPTER 7 Conclusion -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Examines Spain's contribution to international interest in Gothic culture, film and literature.<p>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 |
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