Democracy and the American Gothic

The American Gothic decentralizes by exposing malaise and reflects the widespread mistrust of the masses. This Element theorizes the democratic and anti-democratic elements of the American Gothic by surveying the conflicted imaginaries of the genre's mainstays, including Charles Brockden Brown, George Lippard, Shirley Jackson, and Stephen King.

List of contents

1. Who's afraid of democracy?; 2. The horrors and terrors of a radical democracy; 3. The Jacksonian gothic; 4. Specters of democracy; 5. The requisite fears of democracy; References.

Summary

The American Gothic decentralizes by exposing malaise and reflects the widespread mistrust of the masses. This Element theorizes the democratic and anti-democratic elements of the American Gothic by surveying the conflicted imaginaries of the genre's mainstays, including Charles Brockden Brown, George Lippard, Shirley Jackson, and Stephen King.

Product details

• Authors: Michael J. Blouin, Michael J. (Milligan University Blouin, Blouin Michael J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.2024
• EAN: 9781009539111
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0953911-1
• No. of pages: 84
• Series: Elements in the Gothic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social groups, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Classic horror & ghost stories, Classic horror and ghost stories, Social groups, communities and identities