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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823311503321

Autore

Michaud Marilyn

Titolo

Republicanism and the American Gothic / / Marilyn Michaud

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2009

ISBN

1-299-20160-1

0-7083-2233-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Gothic literary studies

Disciplina

813.08729

820.9358

Soggetti

Gothic revival (Literature) - United States

Republicanism

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

Contents; Introduction; 1 Republican Historiography; 2 Vampires and the Cyclical Theory of History; 3 The Double and Republican Masculinity; 4 Conspiracy and Hypocrisy in Rosemary's Baby; 5 Virtue and Corruption in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood; Afterword; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comparative study of British and American literature and culture in the 1790's and 1950's. It explores the republican tradition of the British Enlightenment and the effect of its translation and migration to the American colonies.