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Abstract
Defining the American gothic tradition both within the context of the major movements of intellectual history over the past three-hundred years, as well as within the issues critical to American culture, this comprehensive volume covers a diverse terrain of well-known American writers, from Poe to Faulkner to Toni Morrison and Cormac McCarthy. Charles L. Crow demonstrates how the gothic provides a forum for discussing key issues of changing American culture, explores forbidden subjects, and provides a voice for the repressed and silenced.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series Editors’ Foreword | ix | ||
| Acknowledgments | x | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| American Gothic to the Civil War | 17 | ||
| Realism’s Dark Twin | 65 | ||
| American Gothic and Modernism | 122 | ||
| Gothic in a Post-American World | 145 | ||
| Conclusion | 187 | ||
| A Note on Gothic Criticism | 188 | ||
| Notes | 192 | ||
| Works Consulted | 202 | ||
| Index | 217 |