Gothic utterance : voice, speech and death in the American gothic / Jimmy Packham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Packham, Jimmy, author.

Series:

Gothic literary studies.

Gothic literary studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Gothic revival (Literature).

Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American--History and criticism.

Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American.

American literature--1783-1850--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Dead in literature.

Voice in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, England : University of Wales Press, [2021]

Summary:

Gothic Utterance explores the vital role played by haunted and haunting voices in American Gothic literature produced between the Revolutionary War and the close of the nineteenth century, discussing pressing questions of national identity and subjecthood, and emphasising the ethical value of listening to unsettling or distressing voices.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

A note on referencing

Introduction: American Biloquism

PART I: Gothic Utterance and Selfhood

1 Deadly Locution and Delphic Shrieks: Haunted Significance and the Self

2 Cries and Whispers: Spectral Voice, Community and Gothic Consciousness

PART II: Voices, Soundscapes, Histories

3 Howls and Echoes: Frontier Gothic and the Voice of the Wilderness

4 (Dis)embodied Utterance and the Peripatetic Voice: Hearing the Haunted Plantation

5 Squawking Soldiers and the Babbling Corpse: War-torn Words and the Civil War Gothic

Conclusion: Quoth the Gothic

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Packham, Jimmy Gothic Utterance

ISBN:

1-78683-755-2

OCLC:

1257666742