Haunted Dusk American Supernatural Fiction, 1820-1920
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9780788168383
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing Company Summary: Set against the background of the rapid flux of ideas and beliefs in the 19th century, these essays explore the presence of the supernatural in the works of well-known American writers. Beginning with Washington Irving¹s introduction of the gothic sensibility in the form of the ghost story, and following through the century to investigations of the unconscious in the works of Henry James and Jack London, this collect [read more]
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ISBN-13:
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing Company
9780788168383
ISBN:
078816838X
Publisher: DIANE Publishing Company
Set against the background of the rapid flux of ideas and beliefs in the 19th century, these essays explore the presence of the supernatural in the works of well-known American writers. Beginning with Washington Irving¹s introduction of the gothic sensibility in the form of the ghost story, and following through the century to investigations of the unconscious in the works of Henry James and Jack London, this collection reveals the use of the occult in fiction as a metaphor for a culture bubbling with attempts -- mesmerism, Adventism, transcendentalism, Swedenborgianism, and spiritualism, among many -- to understand nature¹s complex and obscure patterns.
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