American gothic : new interventions in a national narrative /

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Drawing widely on contemporary theory - particularly revisionist views of Freud such as those offered by Lacan and Kristeva - this volume ranges from the well-known Gothic horrors of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne to the popular fantasies of Stephen King and the postmodern visions of Kathy...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Martin, Robert K., 1941-, Savoy, Eric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1998.
Temas:
American fiction > History and criticism.
Gothic revival (Literature) > United States.
Horror tales, American > History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Psychological fiction, American > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States.
Race relations in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Roman américain > Histoire et critique.
Littérature frénétique > États-Unis.
Récits d'horreur américains > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis.
Relations raciales dans la littérature.
Narration.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Gothic & Romance.
American fiction
Gothic revival (Literature)
Horror tales, American
National characteristics, American, in literature
Psychological fiction, American
Race relations in literature
Women and literature
Gothic novel.
Literatuurkritiek.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drawing widely on contemporary theory - particularly revisionist views of Freud such as those offered by Lacan and Kristeva - this volume ranges from the well-known Gothic horrors of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne to the popular fantasies of Stephen King and the postmodern visions of Kathy Acker. Special attention is paid to the issues of slavery and race in both black and white texts, including those by Ralph Ellison and William Faulkner. In the view of the editors and contributors, the Gothic is not so much a historical category as a mode of thought haunted by history, a par.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1587293021
9781587293023

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