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Antonio Saura's Monstrifications: The monstrous body, melancholia, and the modern Spanish tradition
This dissertation examines the monstrous body in the works of Antonio Saura Atares (1930-1998) as a means of exploring moments of cultural and political refashioning of the modern Spanish tradition during the second half of the twentieth century. In his work, Saura rendered well-known artworks of …
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Monstrous Children, Powerless Parents and the Unnarratable Body in Gothic and Horror
… in order to understand both the indescribable monstrous body as well as the reaction it creates. Three Gothic texts that span roughly a century are analyzed with a focus on scenes wherein the monsters are revealed to disturbing effect, allowing for insight into romantic Gothic, fin-de-siècle …