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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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Welcome to the Funhouse: Gothic and the Architecture of Subversion
  • The Sentient House and the Ghostly Tradition: The Legacy of Poe and Hawthorne
  • June Cleaver in the House of Horrors: Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House
  • "Too bad we can't stay, baby!": The Horror at Amityville
  • Middle-Class Nightmares: Robert Marasco's Burnt Offerings and Anne Rivers Siddons's The House Next Door
  • Unmanned by the American Dream: Stephen King's The Shining
  • Ghosts in the Machine: The Future of the Haunted House Formula.

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