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Charles L. Crow - American Gothic: An Anthology from Salem Witchcraft to H. P. Lovecraft - 9780470659793 - V9780470659793
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American Gothic: An Anthology from Salem Witchcraft to H. P. Lovecraft

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Description for American Gothic: An Anthology from Salem Witchcraft to H. P. Lovecraft Paperback. American Gothic remains an enduringly fascinating genre, retaining its chilling hold on the imagination. Editor(s): Crow, Charles L. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 828.
American Gothic remains an enduringly fascinating genre, retaining its chilling hold on the imagination. This revised and expanded anthology brings together texts from the colonial era to the twentieth century including recently discovered material, canonical literary contributions from Poe and Wharton among many others, and literature from sub-genres such as feminist and ‘wilderness’ Gothic.
  • Revised and expanded to incorporate suggestions from twelve years of use in many countries
  • An important text for students of the expanding field of Gothic studies
  • Strong representation of female Gothic, wilderness Gothic, the Gothic of race, and the legacy of Salem witchcraft
  • Edited by a founding member ... Read more
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Anthologies
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780470659793
SKU
V9780470659793
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Ref
99-50

About Charles L. Crow
Charles L. Crow is Professor Emeritus of English at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, USA, and has been a visiting scholar or lecturer at universities in Austria, the Czech Republic, China, and Croatia. He edited the first edition of this volume for Blackwell in 1999 and has written monographs and articles on several nineteenth- and twentieth-century American writers. A ... Read more

Reviews for American Gothic: An Anthology from Salem Witchcraft to H. P. Lovecraft
“This excellent anthology provides an entertaining collection of gothic works of various genres written by both canonical authors, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, and less familiar American writers, such as Harriet Prescot Spofford and Ella Wilkinson Peattie ... Summing Up: Recommended.  Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.”  (Choice, 1 January 2014) "One of the main strengths ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for American Gothic: An Anthology from Salem Witchcraft to H. P. Lovecraft


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