History of the Gothic: American Gothic - American Gothic

Informationen zum Autor Charles L. Crow is professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University. He has published extensively on Gothic and other literary genres. Klappentext Defining the American gothic tradition both within the context of the major movements of intellectual history over the past three-hundred years, as well as within the issues critical to American culture, this comprehensive volume covers a diverse terrain of well-known American writers, from Poe to Faulkner to Toni Morrison and Cormac McCarthy. Charles L. Crow demonstrates how the gothic provides a forum for discussing key issues of changing American culture, explores forbidden subjects, and provides a voice for the repressed and silenced. Zusammenfassung Defines the American Gothic and places it both within the context of the major movements of intellectual history and also within the context of the critical issues of American culture.

Product details

• Authors: Charles L. Crow
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9780708320440
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-2044-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Gothic Literary Studies; Gothic Literary Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies