Spectral Spain examines the Gothic haunting motif in postFranco Spanish literature. With a theoretical framework in memory and trauma studies and a particular emphasis on the inclusion of womens voices this book is the first to provide an indepth study of spectrality and haunting in the Gothic literature of contemporary Spain. Through close readings of eleven main texts the author examines haunting as the perfect motif for Spanish authors to portray the tension between modernity and the imposition of a monocultural nationalised tradition throughout the twentieth century noting not just the trauma of the civil war and resulting dictatorship of Franco but also the continuing and widespread disenchantment during and after the Transition.