| Description |
ix, 197 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Continuum studies in literary genre |
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Continuum studies in literary genre.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-192) and index. |
| Contents |
What is American Gothic? -- Timeline -- How to read American Gothic -- Key texts -- Major themes in American Gothic -- Key questions -- American Gothic criticism. |
| Summary |
This book covers the following authors: Charles Brockden Brown, William Montgomery Bird, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, George Lippard, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Gilmore Simms, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ambrose Bierce, Emma Dawson, W. D. Howells, Henry James, William Faulkner, Anne Rice, and William Gibson. |
| Subject |
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American -- History and criticism.
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Horror tales, American -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
0826415954 (pbk.) |
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9780826415950 (pbk.) |
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0826415946 (hbk.) |
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9780826415943 (hbk.) |
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