Haunted States of America - Gothic Regionalism in Post-War American Fiction

The Haunted States of America: Gothic Regionalism in Post-war American fiction focuses on existing regional Gothic strains to examine how the anxieties, fears and concerns illustrated in the works of several post-World War II writers can be best understood through regional history and identity.

About the author

James Morgart is assistant professor of English at West Virginia University, Keyser.

Summary

The Haunted States of America: Gothic Regionalism in Post-war American fiction focuses on existing regional Gothic strains to examine how the anxieties, fears and concerns illustrated in the works of several post-World War II writers can be best understood through regional history and identity.

Product details

• Authors: James Morgart
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781786838766
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-876-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Gothic Literary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Post, USA, american, English, War, America, Gothic, Fiction, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Haunted, of, James, States, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Regionalism, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Morgart