An approach to the novel El cielo bajo los pies by Elsa Plaza and to the construction of the archetype of “the Vampire of Ponent Street”

Authors

  • Laia Manonelles Universitat de Barcelona

Keywords:

Enriqueta Martí, Elsa Plaza, Vampire of Raval, archetypes

Abstract

Focusing on the novel El cielo bajo los pies (2009), by historian and novelist Elsa Plaza, I will examine the construction of the myth around Enriqueta Martí Ripoll, known in the tabloid press of the time as “the Vampire of Raval”, a character that became a scapegoat for the social tension of early-twentieth-century Barcelona. I will analyze Elsa Plaza’s approach to the figure of “the Vampire of Raval” with the aim of describing the socio-political context of a period that was eager for the creation of archetypal figures that could serve to channel out a growing social unrest.

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Published

2015-10-20

How to Cite

[1]
Manonelles, L. 2015. An approach to the novel El cielo bajo los pies by Elsa Plaza and to the construction of the archetype of “the Vampire of Ponent Street”. Lectora: Journal of Women and Textuality. 21 (Oct. 2015), 45–56.

Issue

No. 21 (2015): Noir and Female. Women Writers of Crime Novel in the Iberian Peninsula

Section

DOSSIER

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