Author: Monleon, Jose B.
Title: A Specter is Haunting Europe: A Sociohistorical Approach to the Fantastic
Description: Princeton, Princeton University Press, (1990). orig.cloth. 22x14cm, ix,177 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ ...In an exploration of the origins & development of the fantastic, Monleón traces the relation of reason to unreason in the light of three distinct events that influenced capitalist thinking: the French Revolution,the uprisings of 18478, and the Bolshevik Revolution..." - dustwrapper blurb. Contents: 1789: The Dream of Reason; 1848: The Assault on Reason; 1917: The Eclipse of Reason; Shadows; Epilogue: Saturn devouring His Children.

Keywords: Comparative Literature, Fantastic, Literary History, Spanish, Criticism, Benito Perez Galdos, G.A. Becquer, Emilia Pardo Bazan,