Baroque horrors
Subtitle: roots of the fantastic in the age of curiosities
By: David R. Castillo.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780472117215
Subjects: Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Baroque literature -- History and criticism; Horror in literature; Fear -- History; Fear -- Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a taste for the macabre in the age of curiosities; title: Miscellanea: the garden of curiosities and macabre theater; title: Sins of our fathers (and spouses): the preternatural in baroque exemplary tales; title: Zayas' bodyworks: protogothic moral pornography or a baroque trap for the gaze; title: Monsters from the deep: Lozano's La cueva de Hercules and the politics of horror.