American gothic literature : a thematic study from Mary Rowlandson to Colson Whitehead /
American Gothic literature inherited many time-worn tropes from its English Gothic precursor, along with a core preoccupation, anxiety about power and property. The aristocratic villain is replaced by the striving, independent young man. The dispossession of Native Americans and African Americans ad...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2019]
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| Summary: | American Gothic literature inherited many time-worn tropes from its English Gothic precursor, along with a core preoccupation, anxiety about power and property. The aristocratic villain is replaced by the striving, independent young man. The dispossession of Native Americans and African Americans add urgency to traditional Gothic anxieties about possession. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 306 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780786498512 078649851X |