Spanish vampire fiction since 1900: blood relations

"Spanish Vampire Fiction since 1900: Blood Relations, as that subtitle suggests, makes the case for considering Spanish vampire fiction an index of the complex relationship between intercultural phenomena and the specifics of a time, place, and author. Supernatural beings that drink blood are f...

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Main Author: Six, Abigail Lee (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Routledge 2019
Series:Routledge studies in comparative literature
Routledge studies in comparative literature
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Summary:"Spanish Vampire Fiction since 1900: Blood Relations, as that subtitle suggests, makes the case for considering Spanish vampire fiction an index of the complex relationship between intercultural phenomena and the specifics of a time, place, and author. Supernatural beings that drink blood are found in folklore worldwide, Spain included, and writers ranging from the most canonical to the most marginal have written vampire stories, Spanish ones included too. When they do, they choose between various strategies of characterization or blend different ones together. How much will they draw on conventions of the transnational corpus? Are their vampires to be local or foreign; alluring or repulsive; pitiable or pure evil, for instance? Decisions like these determine the messages texts carry and, when made by Spanish authors, may reveal aspects of their culture with striking candidness, perhaps because the fantasy premise seems to give the false sense of security that this is harmless escapism and, since metaphorical meaning is implicit, it is open to argument and, if necessary, denial"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 229 pages)
ISBN:9780203730683
0203730682
9781351398176
1351398172
9781351398190
1351398199
9781351398183
1351398180

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