El horror fantástico y el miedo en Los muertos, las muertas y otras fantasmagorías, de Ramón Gómez de la Serna: ecos de Bécquer, Maupassant y Poe

Abstract

This essay will study the fantastical horror and the theme of fear in Los muertos, las muertas y otras fantasmagorias (1935) in order to exemplify how Ramon Gomez de la Serna makes literary use of such emotions implicitly and explicitly, taking into account the writer’s own reflections on horror and fear of death. Analysis will be made of how these narrative manifestations are represented in some microstories included in this book, establishing relevant connections, related to the topics indicated, with some of Becquer, Maupassant and Poe’s fictions.