Poe, ¿The House of Usher,¿ and the American Gothic

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-349-37901-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 264 g

Poe, 'The House of Usher,' and the American Gothic discusses the interrelation between Poe's tale and the modern horror genre, demonstrating how Poe's work continues to serve as a model for exploring the deepest and most primitive corners of the human mind and heart.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sederholm, Carl H.

Perry, D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The 'Usher' Formula Feminist 'Usher': Domestic Horror in Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' Realistic 'Usher': Narrative Imagination and James's The Turn of the Screw Cosmic 'Usher': Lovecraft Adapts his 'God of Fiction' Haunted 'Usher': Moving Towards Absolute Reality in The Haunting of Hill House Maternal 'Usher': Bloch's Psycho and the Blood-Stained Goddess of Death Evil 'Usher': Rosemary's Baby, Pop Culture, and the Evils of Consumerism Ceremonial 'Usher': The Initiation of Jack Torrance and the Fall of the Overlook Hotel

Über Autor(innen)

Author Dennis R. Perry: Dennis R. Perry is an Associate Professor of Literature and Film at Brigham Young University, USA.
Author Carl H. Sederholm: Carl H. Sederholm is an Associate Professor of Humanities at Brigham Young University, USA.