The Haunted Muse Gothic and Sentiment in American Literature

Author/creator Magee, Richard M. Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNewcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher Bristol : ISD [Distributor]
Description150 p.
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Summary Annotation The Salem witch trials, and the many narratives based on them, both contemporaneous and subsequent discussions, have had a powerful influence on the American national psyche, informing the nation's political debates and propelling its fears. Perhaps one of the major reasons for the importance of the trials is how they conceive of and present a narrative of danger. This book proposes a link between the fears of usurped procreation elicited by the trials and fears of misdirected or usurped creativity and the authors examined here include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Rose Terry Cooke, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, and Ira Levin.
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ISBN9781443889087
ISBN1443889083 (Trade Cloth) Forthcoming
Standard identifier# 9781443889087
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