Gothic subjects : the transformation of individualism in American fiction, 1790-1861 /

Silyn Roberts turns our previous understanding of gothic literature inside out, arguing that the gothic conventions imported from Britain were appropriated by American writers to offer the early republic a vision of what American character might ultimately be.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Silyn Roberts, Siân (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2014.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
1800-1899
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Enlightenment > Influence.
Individualism in literature.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American > History and criticism.
Siècle des Lumières > Influence.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the Gothic Enlightenment
  • The American transformation of the British individual
  • Captivity, incorporation, and the politics of going native
  • A mind for the Gothic: common sense and the problem of local culture
  • Population and the limits of civil society in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet letter
  • Slavery and Gothic form: writing race as the bio-novel.

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