Poe, “The House of Usher,” and the American Gothic [electronic resource] /
Perry, D.author.
Sederholm, Carl H.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The "Usher" Formula; 2 Feminist "Usher": Domestic Horror in Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"; 3 Realistic "Usher": Narrative Imagination and James's The Turn of the Screw; 4 Cosmic "Usher": Lovecraft Adapts his "God of Fiction"; 5 Haunted "Usher": Moving toward Absolute Reality in The Haunting of Hill House; 6 Maternal "Usher": Bloch's Psycho and the Blood-Stained Goddess of Death; 7 Evil "Usher": Rosemary's Baby, Pop Culture, and the Evils of Consumerism
8 Ceremonial "Usher": The Initiation of Jack Torrance and the Fall of the Overlook HotelNotes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index.
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.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Fiction.
America—Literatures.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Fiction.
North American Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.