American gothic : an anthology, 1787-1916
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American gothic : an anthology, 1787-1916
（Blackwell anthologies）
Blackwell, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [478]-479) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780631206514
Description
This collection brings together, and sets into dialogue, Gothic works by a number of authors, men and women, black and white, which illuminate many of the deepest concerns and fears of nineteenth-century America.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments. Introduction. "Abraham Panther": An Account of a Beautiful Young Lady. Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810): Somnambulism. Washington Irving (1783-1859): Rip Van Winkle. John Neal (1793-1876): Idiosyncrasies. George Lippard (1822-54): from The Quaker City: or, The Monks of Monk Hall. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-82) The Skeleton in Armor. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851): from The Prairie. Henry Clay Lewis (1825-1850): A Struggle for Life. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849): Hop Frog, The Cask of Amontillado, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven, The City in the Sea, Ulalume, Annabel Lee, Dream-Land,. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64): Alice Doane's Appeal, Young Goodman Brown. Herman Melville (1819-1891): The Bell Tower. Alice Cary (1820-1871): The Wildermings. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888): Behind a Mask: or, A Woman's Power. Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835-1921): The Amber Gods. Emily Dickinson (1830-86) 9 Through lane it lay -through bramble, 281 Tis so appalling -it exhilarates, 414 Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch, 512 The Soul Has Bandaged Moments, 590 Did you ever stand in a Cavern's Mouth, 670 One need not be a Chamber - to be Haunted, 1400 What mystery pervades a well!,1670 In Winter in my Room. Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835-1910): from Life on the Mississippi. Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909): The Foreigner. Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930): Old Woman Magoun, Luella Miller. Henry James (1843-1916): The Turn of the Screw. Kate Chopin (1851-1904): Desiree's Baby. Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932): Po' Sandy, The Sheriff's Children. George Washington Cable (1844-1925): Jean-Ah Poquelin. Stephen Crane (1871-1900): The Monster. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?): The Death of Halpin Frayser. Frank Norris (1870-1902): Lauth. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935): The Giant Wisteria. . Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906): from The Sport of the Gods. Edwin Arlington Robinson (1868-1935): Luke Havergal, Lisette and Eileen, The Mill, Souvenir, Why He Was There. Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904): The Ghostly Kiss. Edith Wharton (1862-1937): The Eyes. Jack London (1876-1916): Samuel. Bibliography. Index of Authors, Titles and First Lines.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631206521
Description
This collection brings together, and sets into dialogue, Gothic works by a number of authors, men and women, black and white, which illuminate many of the deepest concerns and fears of nineteenth--century America.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments. Introduction. "Abraham Panther": An Account of a Beautiful Young Lady. Charles Brockden Brown (1771--1810): Somnambulism. Washington Irving (1783--1859): Rip Van Winkle. John Neal (1793--1876): Idiosyncrasies. George Lippard (1822--54): from The Quaker City: or, The Monks of Monk Hall. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807--82) The Skeleton in Armor. James Fenimore Cooper (1789--1851): from The Prairie. Henry Clay Lewis (1825--1850): A Struggle for Life. Edgar Allan Poe (1809--1849): Hop Frog, The Cask of Amontillado, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven, The City in the Sea, Ulalume, Annabel Lee, Dream--Land,. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804--64): Alice Doanea s Appeal, Young Goodman Brown. Herman Melville (1819--1891): The Bell Tower. Alice Cary (1820--1871): The Wildermings. Louisa May Alcott (1832--1888): Behind a Mask: or, A Womana s Power. Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835--1921): The Amber Gods. Emily Dickinson (1830--86) 9 Through lane it lay --through bramble, 281 Tis so appalling --it exhilarates, 414 Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch, 512 The Soul Has Bandaged Moments, 590 Did you ever stand in a Caverna s Mouth, 670 One need not be a Chamber -- to be Haunted, 1400 What mystery pervades a well!,1670 In Winter in my Room. Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835--1910): from Life on the Mississippi. Sarah Orne Jewett (1849--1909): The Foreigner. Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852--1930): Old Woman Magoun, Luella Miller. Henry James (1843--1916): The Turn of the Screw. Kate Chopin (1851--1904): Desireea s Baby. Charles W. Chesnutt (1858--1932): Poa Sandy, The Sheriffa s Children. George Washington Cable (1844--1925): Jean--Ah Poquelin. Stephen Crane (1871--1900): The Monster. Ambrose Bierce (1842--1914?): The Death of Halpin Frayser. Frank Norris (1870--1902): Lauth. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860--1935): The Giant Wisteria. . Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872--1906): from The Sport of the Gods. Edwin Arlington Robinson (1868--1935): Luke Havergal, Lisette and Eileen, The Mill, Souvenir, Why He Was There. Lafcadio Hearn (1850--1904): The Ghostly Kiss. Edith Wharton (1862--1937): The Eyes. Jack London (1876--1916): Samuel. Bibliography. Index of Authors, Titles and First Lines.
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