Poe, "The House of Usher," and the American Gothic
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.
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Poe, "The House of Usher," and the American Gothic
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.
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Poe,

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

Poe,

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

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781349379019
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 05/19/2009
Edition description: 1st ed. 2009
Pages: 190
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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
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