American Gothic Literature

A Thematic Study from Mary Rowlandson to Colson Whitehead

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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American Gothic literature inherited many time-worn tropes from its English Gothic precursor, along with a core preoccupation: anxiety about power and property. Yet the transatlantic journey left its mark on the genre--the English ghostly setting becomes the wilderness haunted by spectral Indians. The aristocratic villain is replaced by the striving, independent young man. The dispossession of Native Americans and African Americans adds urgency to traditional Gothic anxieties about possession.The unchanging role of woman in early Gothic narratives parallels the status of American women, even after the Revolution. Twentieth-century Gothic works offer inclusion to previously silent voices, including immigrant writers with their own cultural traditions. The 21st century unleashes the zombie horde--the latest incarnation of the voracious American.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-12-14
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:6 486 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:314
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786498512

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Ruth Bienstock Anolik teaches at Villanova University and writes extensively on the Gothic mode. Her articles have been published in Modern Language Studies, Studies in Jewish Literature, and other journals and collections.

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Power and Possession in American Gothic LiteraturePart I. Possessed and Dispossessed1. The American Woman: Still Possessed2. A New Possession: Slavery and Beyond3. Return of the Dead: The Rebirth of the Dispossessed Native AmericanPart II. Possessing and Dispossessed4. Dispossessed Possessor: The Displaced Patriarch5. Masterless: The Anxieties of Freedom6. Return of the Master: The New PatriarchPart III. Gothic Conversations: Transgressing the Boundaries of American Cultures; Crossing the Atlantic7. Textual (Dis)Possessions: Hannah Crafts a Textual Labyrinth8. Intertextual Voices in Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day: Shakespeare, the Bible and the Dispossession of the Reader9. Among Women: Convergences and Divergences in Gothic SpaceConclusion: Toward a Fourth Century of American GothicChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex