The poetics and politics of the American gothic : gender and slavery in nineteenth-century American literature /

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Challenging the widely held assumption that gothic literature is mainly about fear, Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet argues that the American Gothic, and gothic literature in general, is also about judgment. Analyzing canonical works by Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Gilman, and James, Monnet persuasively argue...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Monnet, Agnieszka Soltysik
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Judgment in literature.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Sex in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Judgment (Ethics) > United States > History > 19th century.
Gothic revival (Literature) > United States.
Jugement dans la littérature.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Sexualité dans la littérature.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Jugement (Morale) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature frénétique > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction.
Gothic revival (Literature)
Judgment (Ethics)
roman noir américain (Etats-Unis) > sexe (genre) > 19e s.
esclavage > roman noir américain (Etats-Unis) > 19e s.
jugement (philosophie) > littérature américaine > 19e s.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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