02379nam 2200445 450 991080804640332120230627112938.09781786838780(electronic bk.)(MiAaPQ)EBC6997060(Au-PeEL)EBL6997060(CKB)22784656900041(EXLCZ)992278465690004120230627d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe haunted states of America Gothic regionalism in post-war American fiction /James Morgart1st ed.Cardiff, England :University of Wales Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (163 pages)Gothic literary studiesPrint version: Morgart, James The Haunted States of America Cardiff : University of Wales Press,c2022 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.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.Gothic literary studies.American fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismHorror tales, AmericanHistory and criticismAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.Horror tales, AmericanHistory and criticism.050Morgart James1623420MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910808046403321The haunted states of America3957806UNINA