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Baroque horrors : roots of the fantastic in the age of curiosities

Title
Baroque horrors : roots of the fantastic in the age of curiosities / David R. Castillo.
Author
Castillo, David R., 1967-
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2010.

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Description
xv, 177 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Spanish literature > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
  • Baroque literature > History and criticism
  • Horror in literature
  • Fear > History
  • Fear > Political aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: a taste for the macabre in the age of curiosities -- Miscellanea: the garden of curiosities and macabre theater -- Sins of our fathers (and spouses): the preternatural in baroque exemplary tales -- Zayas' bodyworks: protogothic moral pornography or a baroque trap for the gaze -- Monsters from the deep: Lozano's La cueva de Hâercules and the politics of horror.
Call Number
JFE 10-2145
ISBN
  • 9780472117215 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0472117211 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009038396
OCLC
YBP 2009038396
Author
Castillo, David R., 1967-
Title
Baroque horrors : roots of the fantastic in the age of curiosities / David R. Castillo.
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-2145
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