Gothic Utterance: Voice, Speech and Death in the American Gothic Contributor(s): Packham, Jimmy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1786837544 ISBN-13: 9781786837547 Publisher: University of Wales Press OUR PRICE: $87.12 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance - Literary Criticism | Horror & Supernatural |
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.59" W x 8.58" (0.97 lbs) 256 pages |
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Publisher Description: In-depth analysis of the American Gothic and the utterances of marginalized voices. The Gothic has always been interested in strange utterances and unsettling voices, from half-heard ghostly murmurings to the terrible cries of the monstrous nonhuman. Gothic Utterance offers the first book-length study of the role such voices play in the Gothic tradition, exploring their prominence and importance in the literature produced in America between the Revolutionary War and the close of the nineteenth century. This book argues that the American Gothic foregrounds the overpowering effect and meaning of the voices of those on the margins of society, as well as the ethical charge of our encounter with such voices. |