Castillo, David R.. Baroque horrors : roots of the fantastic in the age of curiosities

Folger bibliographic ID: 232291
Folger call number: PQ6066 .C365 2010
Folger holdings ID: 280740

General notes

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

Extended title: Baroque horrors : roots of the fantastic in the age of curiosities / David R. Castillo

Spanish literature Baroque literature Horror in literature Fear

author: Castillo, David R., 1967-