Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and index.
Contents
Introduction. The fantastic as a literary genre -- Modernist short stories and the fantastic -- The fantastic as an interrogation of literary practices -- Reclaiming history: fantastic journeys in time and space -- Psychoanalytic readings of the fantastic -- The fantastic and the conventions of gothic romance -- Women writers of the fantastic -- Cinematic encounters with the fantastic -- Conclusion. Fantastic literature in Spanish America in the twenty-first century.