American Nightmares : The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction /

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"Bailey traces the haunted house tale from its origins in English gothic fiction to the paperback potboilers of the present, highlighting the unique significance of the house in the domestic, economic, and social ideologies of our nation. In the hands of the best gothic writers, Bailey conclude...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bailey, Dale
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Haus
Geisterglaube
Spuk
Albtraum
Literatur
Spuk > Motiv
Unterhaltungsroman
Schauerroman
Popular literature.
Nightmares in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Horror tales, American.
Home in literature.
Haunted houses in literature.
Ghost stories, American.
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Foyer dans la litterature.
Cauchemars dans la litterature.
Recits d'horreur americains > Histoire et critique.
Histoires de fantômes americaines > Histoire et critique.
Paralitterature > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Maisons hantees dans la litterature.
Roman americain > Histoire et critique.
Horror tales, American > History and criticism.
Ghost stories, American > History and criticism.
Popular literature > United States > History and criticism.
American fiction > History and criticism.
USA
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Bailey traces the haunted house tale from its origins in English gothic fiction to the paperback potboilers of the present, highlighting the unique significance of the house in the domestic, economic, and social ideologies of our nation. In the hands of the best gothic writers, Bailey concludes, the haunted house has become a powerful and profoundly subversive symbol of everything that has gone nightmarishly awry in the American Dream."--Jacket
"When Edgar Allan Poe set down the tale of the accursed House of Usher in 1839, he also laid the foundation for a literary tradition which has assumed a lasting role in American culture."--BOOK JACKET. "Yet, while the haunted house motif looms archetypal in the October country of the American mind, literary critics have rarely inquired what it means or why it has endured. These are the questions at the heart of Dale Bailey's American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (155 pages).
ISBN:9780299268732

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