{"product_id":"a-companion-to-american-gothic-isbn-9780470671870","title":"A Companion to American Gothic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to American Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e features a collection of original essays that explore America’s gothic literary tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e The largest collection of essays in the field of American Gothic\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributions from a wide variety of scholars from around the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The most complete coverage of theory, major authors, popular culture and non-print media available\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Theorizing American Gothic 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Progress of Theory and the Study of the American Gothic 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerrold E. Hogle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Gothic, Theory, Dream 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Punter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 American Ruins and the Ghost Town Syndrome 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Procházka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 American Monsters 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffrey Andrew Weinstock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Creation Anxiety in Gothic Metafiction: \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Half \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLunar Park \u003c\/i\u003e56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSherry R. Truffin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Origins of American Gothic 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The African American Slave Narrative and the Gothic 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeresa A. Goddu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Indian Captivity Narratives and the Origins of American Frontier Gothic 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Wynn Sivils\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Early American Gothic Drama 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin F. Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Charles Brockden Brown: Godfather of the American Gothic 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarol Margaret Davison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 George Lippard and the Rise of the Urban Gothic 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChad Luck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Classic American Gothic and Its Legacies 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 New England Gothic 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaye Ringel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Descendentalism and the Dark Romantics: Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and the Subversion of American Transcendentalism 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTed Billy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 “Gigantic Paradox, Too . . . Monstrous for Solution”: Nightmarish Democracy and the Schoolhouse Gothic from “William Wilson” to \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History \u003c\/i\u003e164\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSherry R. Truffin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Fall of the House, from Poe to Percy: The Evolution of an Enduring Gothic Convention 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Moss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Henry James’s Ghosts 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 A Sisterhood of Sleuths: The Gothic Heroine, the Girl Detective, and Their Readers 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLynette Carpenter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 They are Legend: The Popular American Gothic of Ambrose Bierce and Richard Matheson 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgnieszka Soltysik Monnet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV American Gothic and Race 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Is There an Indigenous Gothic? 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichelle Burnham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Gothic Transgressions: Charles W. Chesnutt, Conjure, and the Law 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustin D. Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Undead Identities: Asian American Literature and the Gothic 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Hock Soon Ng\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Gothic Modern and Postmodern 265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 I Am Providence: H.P. Lovecraft 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaye Ringel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Awful Mystery: Flannery O’Connor as Gothic Artist 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChad Rohman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Not a Refuge Yet: Shirley Jackson’s Domestic Hauntings 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDara Downey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Strange Case of Joyce Carol Oates 303\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGavin Cologne-Brookes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 “Identical Boxes Spreading like Gangrene”: Defining the Suburban Gothic 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernice M. Murphy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Cold War Gothic Poetry of Sylvia Plath 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathleen L. Nichols\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Sexuality and the Twentieth-Century American Vampire 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Why Stephen King Still Matters 353\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTony Magistrale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Ghost of the Counterfeit Child 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Bruhm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Toni Morrison’s Gothic: Headless Brides and Haunted Communes 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaisha L. Wester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 When the Blood Trail Comes Full Circle: Cormac McCarthy’s Gothic of Guilt 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRonja Vieth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Becoming-Girl\/Becoming-Fly\/Becoming-Imperceptible: Gothic Posthumanism in Lynda Barry’s \u003ci\u003eCruddy: An Illustrated Novel \u003c\/i\u003e405\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllen E. Berry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Gothic Self-Fashioning in Gibson’s Novels: Nature, Culture, Identity, Improvisation, and Cyberspace 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Whatley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Contemporary Women’s Gothic: From \u003ci\u003eLost Souls \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eTwilight \u003c\/i\u003e433\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGina Wisker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Apocalyptic Gothic 447\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur Redding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Gothic in Other Media 461\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 The Darkest Nightmares Imaginable: Gothic Audio Drama from Radio to the Internet 463\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard J. Hand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Film Noir and the Gothic 475\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Fine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 The American Dream\/The American Nightmare: American Gothic on the Small Screen 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarol Margaret Davison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Digital Games and the American Gothic: Investigating Gothic Game Grammar 503\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTanya Krzywinska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII American Gothic and World Gothic 517\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Self-Fragmentation, Diseased Landscapes, and other Enigmatic Engagements: American Gothic and the Literatures of East and Southeast Asia 519\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Hock Soon Ng\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Fluid Bodies: Gothic Transmutations in Carlos Fuentes’ Fiction 533\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntonio Alcalá González\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Let a New Gender In? American Responses to Contemporary Scandinavian Gothicism 547\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarol Siegel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 559\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles L. Crow\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of English at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Gothic: American Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e as well as editor of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Regional Literatures of America\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the widely used anthology \u003ci\u003eAmerican Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd Ed. 2012).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA COMPANION TO AMERICAN GOTHIC\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent decades, the literary tradition known as \"Gothic\" has moved from the shadows of cultural and literary studies. Many now recognize it as the record of a society's repressed narratives, its conscious fears—and its buried nightmares. In the United States, we now understand the Gothic as a discourse to which many of the country's most significant writers have contributed, and which is deeply embedded in its popular culture. \u003ci\u003eA Companion to American Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive collection of original essays that explore the dark side of the American Dream. Contributions from a distinguished group of international scholars reveal the origins and evolution of America's Gothic literature—from its roots in narratives of Indian captivity and slavery, through classic authors such as Poe and Hawthorne, and up to its present day manifestations in radio, film, television, graphic novel, and video games.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988600537317,"sku":"NP9780470671870","price":230.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470671870.jpg?v=1761780921","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-american-gothic-isbn-9780470671870","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}