{"product_id":"american-gothic-an-anthology-from-salem-witchcraft-to-h-p-lovecraft-paperback-softback-9780470659793","title":"American Gothic; An Anthology from Salem Witchcraft to H. P. Lovecraft (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470659793","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Gothic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Anthology from Salem Witchcraft to H. P. Lovecraft\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This anthology is comprehensive and authoritative and will be an essential source for scholars and students for years to come. Professor Crow is to be congratulated for the meticulous care he has taken to introduce authors and for the extraordinary inclusiveness of the material selected.”—\u003ci\u003eDr Andrew Smith, University of Sheffield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is the definitive anthology of American Gothic tales, the one that offers the most representative range of major authors and texts, in addition to excellent introductions and helpful annotations.  All of this has only been enhanced in this Second Edition, since now there is even a wider range of important Gothic works for students and more advanced scholars to study and interpret.  For reading and understanding the American Gothic short story, then, there is no better single volume anywhere.” \u003ci\u003e—Jerrold E. Hogle, University of Arizona\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles L. Crow (Edited by), CL Crow (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470659793, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 November 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e560 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 3 cm, 0.93 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"One of the main strengths of this collection lies in  the fact that it places alongside the intelligent selection of extracts from authors already rightly well associated with the genre contributions from lesser known  figures such as George Lippard. John Neal, Charles W. Chestnutt, and Cotton Mather, to name but a few. The edition also benefits greatly from a much greater acknowledgement of the traditionally underlooked contributions to the genre made by female authors… The anthology's thoughtful selection of texts and authors, and useful, practical, scholarly apparatus mean that it should be an immensely useful resource for anyone teaching on courses related to this ever-expanding and influential subsection of American literary studies.\" - Bernice Murphy\u003ci\u003e, Trinity College Dublin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAmerican 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.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRevised and expanded to incorporate suggestions from twelve years of use in many countries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn important text for students of the expanding field of Gothic studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStrong representation of female Gothic, wilderness Gothic, the Gothic of race, and the legacy of Salem witchcraft\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEdited by a founding member of the International Gothic Association\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Authors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThematic Table of Contents xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition xxviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditorial Principles xxix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCotton Mather (1663–1728) 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Tryal of G. B.” 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Trial of Martha Carrier” 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Notable Exploit; wherein\u003c\/i\u003e, Dux Faemina Facti [The Narrative of Hannah Dustan] 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Abraham Panther” 12\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA surprising account of the Discovery of a Lady … \u003c\/i\u003e12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur (1735–1813) 16\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eLetters from an American Farmer\u003c\/i\u003e: “Letter IX” 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Brockden Brown (1771–1810) 24\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Somnambulism: A Fragment” 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Irving (1783–1859) 36\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Neal (1793–1876) 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Idiosyncrasies” 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Alice Doane’s Appeal” 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Young Goodman Brown” 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Skeleton in Armor” 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) 94\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Hop-Frog” 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Cask of Amontillado” 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Fall of the House of Usher” 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFive Poems 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Raven” 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The City in the Sea” 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Ulalume” 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Annabel Lee” 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Dream-Land” 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerman Melville (1819–1891) 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Bell-Tower” 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Lippard (1822–1854) 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk Hall \u003c\/i\u003e141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Clay Lewis (1825–1850) 146\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A Struggle for Life” 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRose Terry Cooke (1827–1892) 152\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“My Visitation” 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Dickinson (1830–1886) 164\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEight Poems 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF 43 “Through lane it lay – thro’ bramble –” 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF 340 “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF 341 “’Tis so appalling – it exhilarates –” 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF 360 “The Soul has Bandaged moments –” 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF 407 “One need not be a Chamber – to be Haunted –” 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF 425 “’Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch” 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF 431 “If I may have it, when it’s dead,” 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF 1433 “What mystery pervades a well!” 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouisa May Alcott (1832–1888) 170\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A Whisper in the Dark” 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarriet Prescott Spofford (1835–1921) 194\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Her Story” 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Circumstance” 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmbrose Bierce (1842–1914?) 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An Inhabitant of Carcosa” 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Death of Halpin Frayser” 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry James (1843–1916) 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw \u003c\/i\u003e227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Washington Cable (1844–1925) 290\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Jean-Ah Poquelin” 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadeline Yale Wynne (1847–1918) 304\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Little Room” 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909) 312\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Foreigner” 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Chopin (1851–1904) 328\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Désirée’s Baby” 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930) 333\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Old Woman Magoun” 333\u003cbr\u003e “Luella Miller” 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGertrude Atherton (1857–1948) 353\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Bell in the Fog” 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnonymous (Folk Tale) 367\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Talking Bones” 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932) 368\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Dumb Witness” 369\u003cbr\u003e “The Sheriff’s Children” 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) 387\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Giant Wisteria” 387\u003cbr\u003e “The Yellow Wall-Paper” 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElia Wilkinson Peattie (1862–1935) 403\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The House That Was Not” 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdith Wharton (1862–1937) 406\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Eyes” 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert W. Chambers (1865–1933) 419\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In the Court of the Dragon” 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdgar Lee Masters (1868–1950) 425\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Poems 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Nancy Knapp” 425\u003cbr\u003e “Barry Holden” 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdwin Arlington Robinson (1868–1935) 427\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSix Poems 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Luke Havergal” 427\u003cbr\u003e “Lisette and Eileen” 428\u003cbr\u003e “The Dark House” 429\u003cbr\u003e “The Mill” 430\u003cbr\u003e “Souvenir” 431\u003cbr\u003e “Why He Was There” 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Norris (1870–1902) 432\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Lauth” 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Crane (1871–1900) 449\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Monster” 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) 483\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Lynching of Jube Benson” 483\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Posey (1873–1908) 488\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Chinnubbie and the Owl” 488\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack London (1876–1916) 492\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Samuel” 492\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eH[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft (1890–1937) 505\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Outsider” 505\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography 510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Titles and First Lines 513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex to the Introductions and Footnotes 515\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52463029322008,"sku":"9780470659793","price":35.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470659793.jpg?v=1785545879","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-gothic-an-anthology-from-salem-witchcraft-to-h-p-lovecraft-paperback-softback-9780470659793","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}