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Re-Envisioning The Tropics: Nick Joaquin's Philippine Gothic, Ella Marie Jaman Jan 2022

Re-Envisioning The Tropics: Nick Joaquin's Philippine Gothic, Ella Marie Jaman

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This paper examines selected stories from Filipino author, Nick Joaquin, through a gothic lens. Drawing from recent development in Gothic studies, I work within a tropical gothic and postcolonial gothic framework to suggest a localized "Philippine gothic" represented within Nick Joaquin's work. Stories examined include the novel "The Woman Who Had Two Navels," as well as the short stories "Summer Solstice, Mass of St. Sylvestre," and "The Order of Melkizedek."