GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN THREE WORKS OF EARLY SPANISH ROMANTICISM

Abstract: The awakening of Gothic in literature in 1764 marked a milestone in the development of the Western literary canon. The inclusion of the supernatural and the horrific provoked the end of the reign of Enlightenment and opened the door for Romanticism. In Spain it took a while longer for the...

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Autores principales: Correoso Rodenas,José Manuel, Rigal Aragón,Margarita
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Publicado: Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Literatura y Departamento de Lingüística 2021
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spelling oai:scielo:S0719-517620210001003102021-11-04GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN THREE WORKS OF EARLY SPANISH ROMANTICISMCorreoso Rodenas,José ManuelRigal Aragón,Margarita Spanish Gothic 18th century Jovellanos José Cadalso Meléndez Valdés Abstract: The awakening of Gothic in literature in 1764 marked a milestone in the development of the Western literary canon. The inclusion of the supernatural and the horrific provoked the end of the reign of Enlightenment and opened the door for Romanticism. In Spain it took a while longer for the new literary trend to flourish. However, a group of writers who had published during the last decades of the eighteenth century started to include gothic elements in their works, creating Enlightenment-Gothic hybrids. Some of these authors were Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, José Cadalso and Juan Meléndez Valdés. Their El delincuente honrado, Noches lúgubres, and “A Jovino, el melancólico,” respectively prove that gothic and sublime aesthetics also affected Spanish belles lettres.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Literatura y Departamento de LingüísticaNueva revista del Pacífico n.74 20212021-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-51762021000100310en10.4067/S0719-51762021000100310
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topic Spanish Gothic
18th century
Jovellanos
José Cadalso
Meléndez Valdés
spellingShingle Spanish Gothic
18th century
Jovellanos
José Cadalso
Meléndez Valdés
Correoso Rodenas,José Manuel
Rigal Aragón,Margarita
GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN THREE WORKS OF EARLY SPANISH ROMANTICISM
description Abstract: The awakening of Gothic in literature in 1764 marked a milestone in the development of the Western literary canon. The inclusion of the supernatural and the horrific provoked the end of the reign of Enlightenment and opened the door for Romanticism. In Spain it took a while longer for the new literary trend to flourish. However, a group of writers who had published during the last decades of the eighteenth century started to include gothic elements in their works, creating Enlightenment-Gothic hybrids. Some of these authors were Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, José Cadalso and Juan Meléndez Valdés. Their El delincuente honrado, Noches lúgubres, and “A Jovino, el melancólico,” respectively prove that gothic and sublime aesthetics also affected Spanish belles lettres.
author Correoso Rodenas,José Manuel
Rigal Aragón,Margarita
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Rigal Aragón,Margarita
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title GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN THREE WORKS OF EARLY SPANISH ROMANTICISM
title_short GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN THREE WORKS OF EARLY SPANISH ROMANTICISM
title_full GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN THREE WORKS OF EARLY SPANISH ROMANTICISM
title_fullStr GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN THREE WORKS OF EARLY SPANISH ROMANTICISM
title_full_unstemmed GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN THREE WORKS OF EARLY SPANISH ROMANTICISM
title_sort gothic elements in three works of early spanish romanticism
publisher Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Literatura y Departamento de Lingüística
publishDate 2021
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