Schoolhouse gothic : haunted hallways and predatory pedagogues in late twentieth-century American literature and scholarship /

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The "Schoolhouse Gothic," undertaken by insiders and outsiders to the academy alike and embodied both in literature and in academic discourse, draws on Gothic metaphors and themes in representing and interrogating contemporary American schools and educators. Curses from the past take the f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Truffin, Sherry R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
Temas:
1900-1999
1950-2000.
Education in literature.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American > History and criticism.
Éducation dans la littérature.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
C 1900 -.
Cultural studies.
Moral & social purpose of education.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Education in literature
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American
18.06 Anglo-American literature.
Gothic (subculture)
Literature.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American > History and criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Schoolhouse Gothic
  • "I'm out of your filing cabinet now": adolescent angst in the Schoolhouse Gothic of Stephen King
  • "I ain't taking no test": the prophet vs. the schoolteacher in Flannery O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away
  • "No measuring string": the slavemaster/schoolteacher in Toni Morrison's Beloved
  • "No way to refute such logic": teaching as misogynist indoctrination and 'Soul Murder' in Joyce Carol Oates's Beasts
  • "What it is to be subject to that power": the dangers of posture in David Mamet's Oleanna
  • Interrogating the Schoolhouse Gothic.

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