Gothic Utterance - Voice, Speech and Death in the American Gothic

Gothic Utterance explores the vital role played by haunted and haunting voices in American Gothic literature produced between the Revolutionary War and the close of the nineteenth century, discussing pressing questions of national identity and subjecthood, and emphasising the ethical value of listening to unsettling or distressing voices.

About the author

Jimmy Packham is a lecturer in North American literature at the University of Birmingham.

Summary

Gothic Utterance explores the vital role played by haunted and haunting voices in American Gothic literature produced between the Revolutionary War and the close of the nineteenth century, discussing pressing questions of national identity and subjecthood, and emphasising the ethical value of listening to unsettling or distressing voices.

Product details

• Authors: Jimmy Packham
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781786837547
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-754-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Gothic Literary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, american, SPEECH, death, English, voice, Gothic, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, Jimmy, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Packham, Utterance