Gothic passages : racial ambiguity and the American gothic / Justin D. Edwards.
| Author/creator | Edwards, Justin D., 1970- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2003. |
| Description | xxxiii, 145 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Hybrid bodies and gothic narratives in Poe's Pym -- Gothic travels in Melville's Benito Cereno -- Passing and abjection in William and Ellen Craft's Running a thousand miles for freedom -- The epistemology of the body; or, gothic secrets in Frances E.W. Harper's Iola Leroy -- Genetic atavism and the return of the repressed in William Dean Howell's An imperative duty -- The haunted house behind the cedars: Charles W. Chesnutt and the "white negro" -- Epilogue: twentieth-century gothicism and racial ambiguity. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-139) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002066493 |
| ISBN | 0877458243 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS374.G68 E39 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |