1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910806157503321

Titolo

A companion to American gothic / / edited by Charles L. Crow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 2014

ISBN

9781118608395

1118608399

9781118608432

1118608437

9781118608401

1118608402

9781118608425

1118608429

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (630 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture

Altri autori (Persone)

CrowCharles L

Disciplina

813/.0872909

Soggetti

American fiction - History and criticism

Gothic revival (Literature) - 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

""Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""About the Book""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part I: Theorizing American Gothic""; ""1: The Progress of Theory and the Study of the American Gothic""; ""Cross-References""; ""2: Gothic, Theory, Dream""; ""Cross-References""; ""3: American Ruins and the Ghost Town Syndrome""; ""Introduction: American Ruins as "Different Spaces"""; ""The Play of Substitutions: Ghost Towns in Recent American Literature""

""The Quasi-Eternity of Violence: Anasazi Ruins as the Ghost Town""""Cross-References""; ""4: American Monsters""; ""Monsters Are Other People: The American Monster as Cultural Other""; ""The Numinous American Monster""; ""Made in America: Monsters Made By Man""; ""Natural Monsters""; ""Cross-References""; ""5: Creation Anxiety in Gothic Metafiction: The Dark Half and Lunar Park""; ""Cross-



References""; ""Part II: Origins of American Gothic""; ""6: The African American Slave Narrative and the Gothic""; ""Cross-References""

""7: Indian Captivity Narratives and the Origins of American Frontier Gothic""""Cross-References""; ""8: Early American Gothic Drama""; ""Some Notable Achievements""; ""Cross-References""; ""9: Charles Brockden Brown: Godfather of the American Gothic""; ""Cross-References""; ""10: George Lippard and the Rise of the Urban Gothic""; ""Cross-References""; ""Part III: Classic American Gothic and Its Legacies""; ""11: New England Gothic""; ""Puritan Paranoia and Necromancy: A (Mainly) Male Gothic Tradition""; ""Something in the House: The Female Gothic Tradition in New England""

""14: The Fall of the House, from Poe to Percy: The Evolution of an Enduring Gothic Convention""""Cross-References""; ""15: Henry James's Ghosts""; ""Cross-References""; ""16: A Sisterhood of Sleuths: The Gothic Heroine, the Girl Detective, and Their Readers""; ""Cross-References""; ""17: They Are Legend: The Popular American Gothic of Ambrose Bierce and Richard Matheson""; ""Cross-References""; ""Part IV: American Gothic and Race""; ""18: Is There an Indigenous Gothic?""; ""The Native American in American Gothic""; ""Native American Gothic""; ""Indigenous Gothic""; ""Cross-References""

""19: Gothic Transgressions: Charles W. Chesnutt, Conjure, and the Law""

Sommario/riassunto

A Companion to American Gothic features a collection of original essays that explore America's gothic literary tradition.    * The largest collection of essays in the field of American Gothic  * Contributions from a wide variety of scholars from around the world  * The most complete coverage of theory, major authors, popular culture and non-print media available



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Record Nr.

UNISANNIOMIL0406081

Autore

Murray, James Dickson <1931->

Titolo

Mathematical biology / J. D. Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin [etc.], : Springer, [1993]

ISBN

038757204X

354057204X

Edizione

[2. corr. ed]

Descrizione fisica

XIV, 767 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Collana

Biomathematics ; 19

Classificazione

QH 323.5

Disciplina

570.1

570.15118

Soggetti

Biologia - Modelli matematici

Biomatematica

Collocazione

SALA DING 570.1                   MUR.ma01SALA DING 570.1                   MUR.ma

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliografia: P. [723-743].