Pérez de Luque, Juan Luis

Profile

Juan L. Pérez-de-Luque was born in Cordoba (Spain) in 1980. He got his degree in English Studies at the University of Cordoba, and a MA on English as Tool for Intercultural Communication at the University of Jaen (Spain). His PhD dissertation (2013) focused on a Žižekian approach to the ideological background found behind H.P. Lovecraft’s narrative work.

He currently works at the University of Cordoba as assistant professor at the Department of English and German Studies, where he has lectured assorted subjects, among them Discourse Analysis, Popular Literature and Text and Discourse, and he is particularly concerned with the usage of lyrics as a tool for teaching literary contents at the university.

He has been visiting scholar at Trinity College (Ireland), the University of Nottingham (UK), Brown (EE.UU.) and Wheaton College (EE.UU.), and has published several articles and book chapters on H.P. Lovecraft and E.A. Poe. His main fields of interest are ideological and communitarian readings of horror fiction, witchcraft and fantasy literature in general, and he is currently involved in a collective research project that deals with the connections between democracy, secrecy and contemporary fiction, where he is focusing his attention on cyberpunk narratives.

Research Interests

Popular literature, science fiction, gothic, horror, fantasy, monsters, witchcraft and its communitarian connotations.

Current projects

Cyberpunk literature: currently studying the relationships between secrecy and democracy in the works of William Gibson, Neal Stephenson and Richard Morgan.

Jeanette Winterson: currently studying the relationships between secrecy and community in her oeuvre.

Professional activity

Assistant professor at the Department of English and German Studies (University of Córdoba – Spain)

Publications

Essays and articles

“Secrecy, invisibility and community in Jeanette Winterson’s The Daylight Gate”. Secrecy and community 21st century fiction. Ed. María J. López and Pilar Villar-Argaiz. London: Bloomsbury. 2021: 139-154.
“Tebeos”. Gran Enciclopedia Cervantina, Vol. XII. 2021. Alcalá: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alcalá (Forthcoming).
Ideology and scientific thought in H.P. Lovecraft. Granada: Comares. 2020 ISBN: 978-84-1369-050-6.
“H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Shadow Over Innsmouth’ – Weird Fantasy”. Sci-Fi: A Companion. Ed. Jack Fennell. Bern: Peter Lang. 2019: 17-24.
“Ghostly presences in H.P. Lovecraft's "Cool Air" and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward”. Visitors from the Grave: Ghosts in World Literature. Ed. Dámaris Romero-González et al. 2019: 187-198.
“Unspeakable Languages: Lovecraft editions in Spanish”. Lovecraft Proceedings 2. 2017: 109-118.
“Descending Spirits: ideological implications of the vertical movements in Poe and Lovecraft.” The Lovecraftian Poe: Essays on Influence, Reception, Transformation and Interpretation. Ed. Sean Moreland. USA: Rowman and Littlefield, 2017: 89-106.
“Gothic Mythology: "The Moon-Bog" and the Greek Connection.” Lovecraft Annual 8. 2014: 186-204.
“Fish you can't leave behind: Deep ones and other creatures as symbols of corruption in the narratives of H.P. Lovecraft.” Monstrous Manifestations. Realities and Imaginings of the Monster. Ed. Agnieszka Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska and Karen Graham. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2013. 129-138.
“Lovecraft, Reality, and the Real: A Žižekian Approach.” Lovecraft Annual 7. 2013: 187-203