The Cambridge Companion to American Gothic

This Companion offers a thorough overview of the diversity of the American Gothic tradition from its origins to the present.

Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock (Edited by)

9781107539785, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 November 2017

272 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg

'… this volume works well to familiarize newcomers to the discipline yet also offers something for more established scholars … the book delivers a very comprehensive and representative account of the subject matter.' Rebecca Janicker, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts

The Cambridge Companion to American Gothic offers an accessible overview to both the breadth and depth of the American Gothic tradition. This subgenre features works from many of America's best-known authors: Edgar Allan Poe, Toni Morrison, Stephen King, Anne Rice, Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor. Authored by leading experts in the field, the introduction and sixteen chapters explore the American Gothic chronologically, in relation to different social groups, in connection with different geographic regions, and in different media, including children's literature, poetry, drama, film, television, and gaming. This Companion provides a rich and thorough analysis of the American Gothic tradition from a twenty-first-century standpoint, and will be a key resource undergraduates, graduate students, and professional researchers interested in this topic.

Introduction. The American Gothic Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Part I. Periods: 1. Early American Gothic (Puritan and New Republic) Faye Ringel
2. Romanticism and the American Gothic Alfred Bendixen
3. American Gothic realism and naturalism Monika Elbert
4. Modernist American Gothic John Paul Riquelme
5. Contemporary American Gothic Justin D. Edwards
Part II. Identities and Locations: 6. Race and the American Gothic Ellen Weinauer
7. American female Gothic Diane Long Hoeveler
8. Queer American Gothic Ardel Haefele-Thomas
9. American frontier Gothic Elizabeth Jane Wall Hinds
10. Southern American Gothic Charles L. Crow
11. Urban American Gothic Lenny Cassuto
Part III. Genre and Media: 12. The Gothic in American children's literature Karen Coats
13. Gothic American poetry Travis D. Montgomery
14. Gothic American drama Heather S. Nathans
15. Gothic American film and TV Carol Margaret Davidson
16. Gothic American gaming Tanya Krzywinska
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