With the success of novels such as The Shadow of the Wind and films
such as The Others, contemporary Spanish culture has contributed a
great deal to the imagery and experience of the Gothic, although
contributions of this sort are not always recognised as being
specifically Spanish in origin. Contemporary Spanish Gothic is the
first book to study how the Gothic mode intersects with cultural
production in Spain today, considering some of the ways in which such
production feeds off and simultaneously feeds into Gothic production
more widely.
Examining the works of writers and filmmakers like Carlos Ruiz Zafón,
Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Pedro Almodóvar and Alejandro Amenábar, as well as
the further reaches of Spanish Gothic influence in the Twilight film
series, the book considers images and themes including the mad surgeon
and the vulnerable body, the role of the haunted house and the heritage
biopics of Francisco de Goya.