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Autore |
Edwards Justin D. <1970-> |
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Titolo |
Gothic passages [[electronic resource] ] : racial ambiguity and the American gothic / / Justin D. Edwards |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2003 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (181 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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813.0872909355 |
813/.0872909355 |
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Soggetti |
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Horror tales, American - History and criticism |
American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Gothic revival (Literature) - United States |
Racially mixed people in literature |
Passing (Identity) in literature |
Ambiguity in literature |
Race in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-139) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Creating A Self in the Antebellum Gothic Narrative; 1. Hybrid Bodies and Gothic Narratives in Poe's Pym; 2. Gothic Travels in Melville's Benito Cereno; 3. Passing and Abjection in William and Ellen Craft's Runninga Thousand Miles for Freedom; PART TWO Exploring Identity in Postbellum Gothic Discourse; 4. The Epistemology of the Body; or, Gothic Secrets inFrances E. W. Harper's Iola Leroy; 5. Genetic Atavism and the Return of the Repressed inWilliam Dean Howells's An Imperative Duty |
6. The Haunted House behind the Cedars: CharlesW. Chesnuttand the "White Negro"Epilogue: Twentieth-Century Gothicism andRacial Ambiguity; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This groundbreaking study analyzes the development of American gothic literature alongside nineteenth-century discourses of passing and racial ambiguity.By bringing together these areas of analysis, |
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