The Palgrave Handbook of the Southern Gothic.
Castillo Street, Susan.; Crow, Charles L.
2016
PR830.T3.P354 2016
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Title The Palgrave Handbook of the Southern Gothic.
Author Castillo Street, Susan.
ISBN 9781137477743
1137477741
9781137477736
1137477733
Publication Details London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (498 pages)
Item Number 9781137477736
Call Number PR830.T3.P354 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 813.08729099749996
Summary Annotation This book examines 'Southern Gothic' - a term that describes some of the finest works of the American Imagination. But what do 'Southern' and 'Gothic' mean, and how are they related? Traditionally seen as drawing on the tragedy of slavery and loss, 'Southern Gothic'is now a richer, more complex subject. Thirty-five distinguished scholars explore the Southern Gothic, under the categories of Poe and his Legacy; Space and Place; Race; Gender and Sexuality; and Monsters and Voodoo. The essays examine slavery and the laws that supported it, and stories of slaves who rebelled and those who escaped. Also present are the often-neglected issues of the Native American presence in the South, socioeconomic class, the distinctions among the several regions of the South, same-sex relationships, and norms of gendered behaviour. This handbook covers not only iconic figures of Southern literature but also other less well-known writers, and examines gothic imagery in film and in contemporary television programmes such as True Blood and True Detective.
Note An Ever-Darkening World.
Annotation This book examines 'Southern Gothic' - a term that describes some of the finest works of the American Imagination. But what do 'Southern' and 'Gothic' mean, and how are they related? Traditionally seen as drawing on the tragedy of slavery and loss, 'Southern Gothic'is now a richer, more complex subject. Thirty-five distinguished scholars explore the Southern Gothic, under the categories of Poe and his Legacy; Space and Place; Race; Gender and Sexuality; and Monsters and Voodoo. The essays examine slavery and the laws that supported it, and stories of slaves who rebelled and those who escaped. Also present are the often-neglected issues of the Native American presence in the South, socioeconomic class, the distinctions among the several regions of the South, same-sex relationships, and norms of gendered behaviour. This handbook covers not only iconic figures of Southern literature but also other less well-known writers, and examines gothic imagery in film and in contemporary television programmes such as True Blood and True Detective.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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Acknowledgments; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Down at the€Crossroads; Poe and his Legacy; Southern Gothic Space(s) and Place(s); Race and the Southern Gothic; Gender, Sexuality, and the Southern Gothic; Monsters, Vampires and Voodoo; Notes; Part I: Edgar Allan Poe and His Legacy; Chapter 2: Edgar Allan Poe and€the€Southern Gothic; Poe's Gothic Placelessness; The 'House of€Usher' and€Southern Gentry; Pym, Race and€'National Gothic'; Conclusion: Poe and€the€Limits of€the€'Southern Gothic'; Bibliography; Further Reading.

Chapter 3: Inside the Dark House: William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom! and Southern Gothic Elements of the Gothic; The Death of a Brother; The Southern Gothic; Versions of the Self; A Secret History; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Gothic Landscapes: Poe and Antebellum Southern Women Poets; Susan Archer Talley Weiss and 'Dream-Land'; Catherine Ann Ware Warfield and 'Ligeia'; Rosa Vertner Johnson Jeffrey and 'The Island of the Fay'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Further Reading; Chapter 5: Southern Gothic: Haunted Houses; The Fall of the House of Usher; No Haid Pawn; Absalom, Absalom!

Beloved Dream Boy; Bibliography; Chapter 6: The Globalisation of€the€Gothic South; The Global South; The Compression of€the€Global; Bibliography; Part II: Space and Place in Southern Gothic; Chapter 7: Gothic Landscapes of€the€South; The Horror of€the€Landscape; The Swamp as€Cultural Signifier; Injustice and€Degradation in€the€Southern Landscape; Bibliography; Further Reading; Chapter 8: Southern Hauntings: Kate Chopin's Gothic; The Louisiana Setting; Slavery and€Fear of€Insurrection; Miscegenation and€Concealment; Conclusion; Bibliography; Further Reading.

Chapter 9: Gothic Appalachia Sinister Local Colour; Appalachia Gothic in€the€Mass Media; Counter-Stories and€Critical Insights; Writing Against the€Grain; Bibliography; Further Reading; Chapter 10: New Immigrants and€the€Southern Gothic; Alterity and€the€Southern Gothic; Demonization of€the€Immigrant; The Southern Gothic and€Magical Realism; Outsiders in€Southern Literature; Conclusion; Bibliography; Further Reading; Chapter 11: Flannery O'Connor and the€Realism of€Distance; O'Connor and€the€Gothic; Abjection; Distance and€Proximity; Extension of€the€Meaningful; Bibliography.

Chapter 12: Florida Gothic: Shadows in€the€Sunshine StateBattles on€the€Borderlands; Killing the€Scapegoat, Spreading the€Shadow; Journeys to€the€Underworld; The Mirroring Monster; Bibliography; Further Reading; Chapter 13: Gothic Cuba and€the€Trans-American South in€Louisa May Alcott's 'M.L.'; A Guide to€Cuba; Race and€the€Gothic in€'M.L.'; Race and€the€Gendered Gaze; Ostracism and€Sacrifice; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 14: A Long View of€History: Cormac McCarthy's Gothic Vision; McCarthy's Historical Timeline; The Added Dimension; The Military-Industrial Complex.

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