LEADER 02514nam 2200493 450 001 9910818220203321 005 20230627112931.0 010 $a1-78683-756-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011964612 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6644744 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6644744 035 $a(OCoLC)1257666686 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011964612 100 $a20230627d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGothic utterance $evoice, speech and death in the American gothic /$fJimmy Packham 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCardiff, England :$cUniversity of Wales Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (174 pages) 225 1 $aGothic Literary Studies 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $aGothic Utterance explores the vital role played by haunted and haunting voices in American Gothic literature produced between the Revolutionary War and the close of the nineteenth century, discussing pressing questions of national identity and subjecthood, and emphasising the ethical value of listening to unsettling or distressing voices. 410 0$aGothic literary studies. 606 $aAmerican literature$y1783-1850$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDead in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aDead in literature. 676 $a813.0872909 700 $aPackham$b Jimmy$01698884 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818220203321 996 $aGothic utterance$94080699 997 $aUNINA