American gothic literature : a thematic study from Mary Rowlandson to Colson Whitehead / Ruth Bienstock Anolik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anolik, Ruth Bienstock, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gothic revival (Literature)--United States--History.

Gothic revival (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: power and possession in American gothic literature

The American woman: still possessed

A new possession: slavery and beyond

Return of the dead: the rebirth of the dispossessed Native American

Dispossessed possessor: the displaced patriarch

Masterless: the anxieties of freedom

Return of the master: the new patriarch

Textual (dis)possessions: Hannah crafts a textual labyrinth

Intertextual voices in Gloria Naylor's Mama day: Shakespeare, the Bible and the dispossession of the reader

Among women: convergences and divergences in gothic space

Conclusion: toward a fourth century of American gothic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-3340-1