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Packham Jimmy |
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Titolo |
Gothic utterance : voice, speech and death in the American gothic / / Jimmy Packham |
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Cardiff, England : , : University of Wales Press, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (174 pages) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - 1783-1850 - History and criticism |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Dead in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A note on referencing -- Introduction: American Biloquism -- Part I: Gothic Utterance and Selfhood -- 1 Deadly Locution and Delphic Shrieks: Haunted Significance and the Self -- 2 Cries and Whispers: Spectral Voice, Community and Gothic Consciousness -- Part II: Voices, Soundscapes, Histories -- 3 Howls and Echoes: Frontier Gothic and the Voice of the Wilderness -- 4 (Dis)embodied Utterance and the Peripatetic Voice: Hearing the Haunted Plantation -- 5 Squawking Soldiers and the Babbling Corpse: War-torn Words and the Civil War Gothic -- Conclusion: Quoth the Gothic -- Notes -- Bibliography. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Gothic Utterance explores the vital role played by haunted and haunting voices in American Gothic literature produced between the Revolutionary War and the close of the nineteenth century, discussing pressing questions of national identity and subjecthood, and emphasising the ethical value of listening to unsettling or distressing voices. |
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