Global Ambiguity in Nineteenth-Century American Gothic A Study in Form, History, and Culture

As part of a larger attempt to understand the dynamic interactions between gothic form and ideology, this volume focuses on a strong formal feature of the American gothic, "global ambiguity," and examines the important cultural work it performs in the nineteenth-century history of the genre.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Wanlin Li is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Peking University. Her teaching and research interests include gothic literature, nineteenth-century American literature, and narrative theory. Her publications have appeared or are forthcoming in Narrative,Style, Journal of Narrative Theory, and many leading journals of literary studies in China, including Foreign Literature Review, Foreign Literature, and Foreign Literatures.

Zusammenfassung

As part of a larger attempt to understand the dynamic interactions between gothic form and ideology, this volume focuses on a strong formal feature of the American gothic, "global ambiguity," and examines the important cultural work it performs in the nineteenth-century history of the genre.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Wanlin Li
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.05.2021
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenscha; Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik
• EAN: 9780367538880
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53888-0
• Anzahl Seiten: 126
• Serie: Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
• Themen: LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Short Stories, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Nineteenth-Century Literature, narrative ambiguity, American Literary History, ambiguity in gothic fiction analysis, literary interpretation theory, gender and race politics, cultural narratology