The Cambridge Companion to American Gothic

ISBN-13: 9781107117143 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 274 str.

Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock

Opis

This Companion offers a thorough overview of the diversity of the American Gothic tradition from its origins to the present.

Recenzje

'… this volume works well to familiarize newcomers to the discipline yet also offers something for more established scholars … the book delivers a very comprehensive and representative account of the subject matter.' Rebecca Janicker, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts

Spis treści

Introduction. The American Gothic Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock; Part I. Periods: 1. Early American Gothic (Puritan and New Republic) Faye Ringel; 2. Romanticism and the American Gothic Alfred Bendixen; 3. American Gothic realism and naturalism Monika Elbert; 4. Modernist American Gothic John Paul Riquelme; 5. Contemporary American Gothic Justin D. Edwards; Part II. Identities and Locations: 6. Race and the American Gothic Ellen Weinauer; 7. American female Gothic Diane Long Hoeveler; 8. Queer American Gothic Ardel Haefele-Thomas; 9. American frontier Gothic Elizabeth Jane Wall Hinds; 10. Southern American Gothic Charles L. Crow; 11. Urban American Gothic Lenny Cassuto; Part III. Genre and Media: 12. The Gothic in American children's literature Karen Coats; 13. Gothic American poetry Travis D. Montgomery; 14. Gothic American drama Heather S. Nathans; 15. Gothic American film and TV Carol Margaret Davidson; 16. Gothic American gaming Tanya Krzywinska; Index.