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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792381703321

Autore

Crow Charles L.

Titolo

American Gothic / / Charles L. Crow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, Wales : , : University of Wales Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-7083-2248-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Gothic literary studies. History of the Gothic

Disciplina

823.0872909

Soggetti

Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American - History and criticism

American fiction - History and criticism

Literature and society - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; American Gothic to the Civil War; Realism's Dark Twin; American Gothic and Modernism; Gothic in a Post-American World; Conclusion; A Note on Gothic Criticism; Notes; Works Consulted; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book defines the American Gothic and places it both within the context of the major movements of intellectual history in the last 300 years, and also within the context of the critical issues of American culture.