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Cultural Haunting
Kathleen Brogan
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Description for Cultural Haunting
Paperback. In this text, Kathleen Brogan makes the case that the recent preoccupation with ghosts stems not from a lingering interest in Gothic themes, but instead from a whole new genre in American literature that she calls "the story of cultural haunting". Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 175 x 21. Weight in Grams: 399.
Ghost stories in various forms have been a part of popular literature for centuries, from Shakespeare to Dickens to Faulkner. Over the past 25 years, a resurgence of haunting plots has occurred in American literature. In this text, Kathleen Brogan makes the case that this recent preoccupation with ghosts stems not from a lingering interest in Gothic themes but instead from a whole new genre in American literature that she calls ""the story of cultural haunting"". Examining Louise Erdich's ""Tracks"", Toni Morrison's ""Beloved"" and Cristina Garcia's ""Dreaming in Cuban"", Brogan argues that modern ghost stories offer a way for minority ... Read more
Ghost stories in various forms have been a part of popular literature for centuries, from Shakespeare to Dickens to Faulkner. Over the past 25 years, a resurgence of haunting plots has occurred in American literature. In this text, Kathleen Brogan makes the case that this recent preoccupation with ghosts stems not from a lingering interest in Gothic themes but instead from a whole new genre in American literature that she calls ""the story of cultural haunting"". Examining Louise Erdich's ""Tracks"", Toni Morrison's ""Beloved"" and Cristina Garcia's ""Dreaming in Cuban"", Brogan argues that modern ghost stories offer a way for minority ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813918273
SKU
V9780813918273
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99-1
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