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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795866003321

Autore

Morgart James

Titolo

The haunted states of America : Gothic regionalism in post-war American fiction / / James Morgart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, England : , : University of Wales Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9781786838780

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 pages)

Collana

Gothic literary studies

Disciplina

050

Soggetti

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Horror tales, American - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: 'The Death of a Culture': Subversion of Monstrosity in the Southern Gothic -- Chapter 2: Hanging Women on the Hill: Exposure of Patriarchal Conformity in the New England Gothic -- Chapter 3: Haunted Grounds of Healing: Horrors of Normativity and Genocide in the Gothic Midwest -- Chapter 4: New York, New York … : Greed and Abjection in the New York Gothic -- Chapter 5: Repressed Ramonas and Braceros: Return of the Oppressed in the Southern California Gothic -- Coda -- Notes -- Works Cited.

Sommario/riassunto

The Haunted States of America: Gothic Regionalism in Post-war American fiction focuses on existing regional Gothic strains to examine how the anxieties, fears and concerns illustrated in the works of several post-World War II writers can be best understood through regional history and identity.