Haints : American ghosts, millennial passions, and contemporary gothic fictions.

Afficher d'autres versions (2)

"In "Haints," Arthur Redding examines the work of contemporary American authors who draw on the gothic tradition in their fiction, not as frivolous or supernatural entertainments, but to explore and memorialize the ghosts of their heritage. a Ghosts, Redding argues, serve as lasting w...

Description complète

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Redding, Arthur F., 1964- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011.
Collection:Introduction: A land without ghosts -- Haints and nation: ghosts and the narrative of national identity -- Memory, race, ethnicity, and violence -- Abandoning hope in American fiction: Catalogs of gothic catastrophe -- Conclusion: American innocence.
Sujets:
Ghost stories, American > History and criticism.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American > History and criticism.
Ghosts in literature.
Collective memory in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Histoires de fantômes américaines > Histoire et critique.
Mémoire collective dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Ghost stories, American.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Land Without Ghosts; 1: Haints and Nation: Ghosts and the Narrative of National Identity; 2: Memory, Race, Ethnicity, and Violence; 3: Abandoning Hope in American Fiction: Catalogs of Gothic Catastrophe; Conclusion: American Innocence; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

Documents similaires