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Following the structure of other titles in the Continuum Introductions to Literary Genres series, American Gothic Fiction includes: A broad definition of the genre and its essential elements. A timeline of developments within the genre. Critical concerns to bear in mind while reading in the genre. Detailed readings of a range of widely taught texts. In-depth analysis of major themes and issues. Signposts for further study within the genre. A summary of the most important criticism in the field. A glossary of terms. An annotated, critical reading list. This book offers students, writers, and se

American fiction --- Gothic revival (Literature) --- Horror tales, American --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- ROMAN AMERICAIN --- NEO-GOTHIQUE (LITTERATURE) --- LITTERATURE D'EPOUVANTE AMERICAINE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- ETATS-UNIS

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This groundbreaking study analyzes the development of American gothic literature alongside nineteenth-century discourses of passing and racial ambiguity.By bringing together these areas of analysis, Justin Edwards considers the following questions. How are the categories of "race" and the rhetoric of racial difference tied to the language of gothicism? What can these discursive ties tell us about a range of social boundaries-gender, sexuality, class, race, etc.-during the nineteenth century? What can the construction and destabilization of these social boundaries tell us

Ambiguity in literature. --- American fiction --- Gothic revival (Literature) --- Horror tales, American --- Passing (Identity) in literature. --- Race in literature. --- Racially mixed people in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Mulattoes in literature --- AMERICAN FICTION --- RACE RELATIONS --- RACE IN LITERATURE --- AMBIGUITE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- NEO-GOTHIQUE (LITTERATURE) --- 19th CENTURY --- U.S. --- ETATS-UNIS --- Multiracial people in literature.

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Ranging from the panoramic novels of Dickens to the horror of Dracula, Gail Turley Houston examines the ways in which the language and imagery of economics, commerce and banking are transformed in Victorian Gothic fiction, and traces literary and uncanny elements in economic writings of the period. Houston shows how banking crises were often linked with ghosts or inexplicable non-human forces and financial panic was figured through Gothic or supernatural means. In Little Dorrit and Villette characters are literally haunted by money, while the unnameable intimations of Dracula and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde are represented alongside realist economic concerns. Houston pays particular attention to the term 'panic' as it moved between its double uses as a banking term and a defining emotion in sensational and Gothic fiction. This stimulating interdisciplinary book reveals that the worlds of Victorian economics and Gothic fiction, seemingly separate, actually complemented and enriched each other.

Economics and literature --- Economics in literature. --- Financial crises in literature. --- Stoker, Bram, --- Dracula, Count (Fictitious character). --- English fiction --- Financial crises --- Gothic revival (Literature) --- Horror tales, English --- Money in literature. --- History --- History and criticism. --- Dickens, Charles, --- Knowledge --- Economics. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) --- Crashes, Financial --- Crises, Financial --- Financial crashes --- Financial panics --- Panics (Finance) --- Stock exchange crashes --- Stock market panics --- Crises --- Literature and economics --- Economic aspects --- Dickens, Charles --- Dikensi, Čʻarlz, --- Dickens, Karol, --- Dikens, Charlz, --- Ti-keng-ssu, --- Digengsi, --- Dikkens, Charlz, --- Dikensas, Čarlzas, --- Ṭikkan̲s, Cārls, --- Ṭikkan̲cu, Cārlacu, --- Ṭikkan̲s, Cārlas, --- Диккенс, Чарлз, --- דיקינס, צ׳רלס, --- דיקנס, ַ צ׳רלז --- דיקנס, טשרלס --- דיקנס, צ׳רלז, --- דיקנס, צ׳רלס --- דיקנס, צ׳רלס, --- דיקענס, טש --- דיקענס, טשארלז --- דיקענס, טשארלז, --- דיקענס, טש., --- דיקקענס, טשארלז --- טשרלס, דיקנס --- チャールズ.ディケンズ, --- 狄更斯查尔斯, --- Boz, --- Sparks, Timothy, --- DICKENS (CHARLES), 1812-1870 --- STOKER (BRAM), 1847-1912 --- ROMAN ANGLAIS --- ECONOMIE ET LITTERATURE --- CRISES BOURSIERES --- LITTERATURE D'EPOUVANTE ANGLAISE --- NEO-GOTHIQUE (LITTERATURE) --- ARGENT DANS LA LITTERATURE --- DRACULA --- 19E SIECLE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- GRANDE-BRETAGNE