Gothic Utterance Voice, Speech and Death in the American Gothic.

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Gothic 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 listen...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Packham, Jimmy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2021.
Colección:Gothic literary studies.
Temas:
1783-1899
American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Dead in literature.
Littérature américaine > 1783-1850 > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Morts dans la littérature.
American literature
Dead in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • 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

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