American Gothic: From Salem Witchcraft to H.P. Lovecraft

by Charles L. Crow (Editor)

American Gothic remains an enduringly fascinating genre, retaining its chilling hold on the imagination. This revised and expanded anthology brings together texts from the colonial era to the twentieth century including recently discovered material, canonical literary contributions from Poe and Wharton among many others, and literature from sub-genres such as feminist and ‘wilderness’ Gothic.

Genres: Gothic, Literary Criticism, Ebooks, Classics

554 pages, Paperback

First published January 16, 1991

Reviews

[Kristen Barenthaler · Rating 5 out of 5]

I honestly forgot how much I love gothic literature. I had gotten this to reread “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, but ended up getting distracted and rereading so many of the other poems and stories I’d forgotten about (Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, etc.).

[Mills College Library]

810.8 A51244 2013