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T1 Land Property, Land Destruction: Ecogothic vs. Capitalism in Bram Stoker’s The Snake Pass
T2 Propiedad de la tierra, destrucción de la tierra: Ecogótico vs. Capitalismo en The Snake Pass de Bram Stoker
A1 Correoso Rodenas, José Manuel
K1 Land property
K1 Environmental Destruction
K1 Balance of Power
K1 Progress
K1 Irish Gothic
AB In 1890, the future author of Dracula, Bram Stoker, published one of the most underval-ued, yet innovative and interesting novels among his literary productions: The Snake’s Pass.Beyond the narration of the love story between Arthur and Norah, the novel depicts aWestern Ireland scenario in which the chrematistic aims of the characters coalesce with thedestruction of the landscape and, in consequence, the destruction of the environment, fora treasure is said to be hidden in the bog. Thus, the conflict coming of the extemporaneousownership of the land (Arthur is English) leads to a questioning of how the ambition basedon capitalistic-industrialist impulses (the treasure-hunt is rational and machine-ridden)means the destruction of the environment and the perversion of the community that hadtraditionally been attached to that part of the country. The goal of this article is to explorehow Stoker ciphered all these elements, creating an original literary product that announcessome of the key conflicts in the British Isles (land property) when seen through the lens ofmodern criticism.
PB Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de La Laguna
SN e-2530-8335
YR 2024
FD 2024
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 22-dic-2024