The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture by B Murphy

The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture by B Murphy

The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture argues that complex and often negative initial responses of early European settlers continue to influence American horror and gothic narratives to this day. The book undertakes a detailed analysis of key literary and filmic texts situated within consideration of specific contexts.

'This is a highly engaging read, full of great ideas and interesting connectionsEach chapter has a well-chosen focus, and together they amount to the definitive scholarly commentary on the genre and its cultural significance. The book's readability and its breadth even within its tight focus in terms of genre means it will be widely used in film studies, cultural studies, literature, American studies, cultural geography, and beyond.' - David Bell, University of Leeds, UK

Bernice M. Murphy is Lecturer in Popular Literature at the School of English, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Publications include The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture (2009), The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture (2013) and the collections Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy (2005) and (with Darryl Jones and Elizabeth McCarthy) It Came From the 1950s: Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties (2011).

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ISBN 13	9781137353719
ISBN 10	1137353716
Title	The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture
Author	B Murphy
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	2013-10-31
Number of pages	257
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