American gothic new interventions in a national narrative

In America as in Britain, the rise of the Gothic represented the other - the fearful shadows cast upon Enlightenment philosophies of common sense, democratic positivism, and optimistic futurity. Many critics have recognized the centrality of these shadows to American culture and self-identification....

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Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Iowa City Univ. of Iowa Press 1998
Schlagworte:	Gothic novel Literatuurkritiek Literaturkritik American fiction > History and criticism Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American > History and criticism Horror tales, American > History and criticism Narration (Rhetoric) National characteristics, American, in literature Psychological fiction, American > History and criticism Race relations in literature Women and literature > United States Horrorliteratur Schauerroman USA Aufsatzsammlung
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