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.
Inhoudsopgave
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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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.
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