American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction

by Dale Bailey

Book Overview

When Edgar Allan Poe set down the tale of the accursed House of Usher in 1839, he also laid the foundation for a literary tradition that has assumed a lasting role in American culture. "The House of Usher" and its literary progeny have not lacked for tenants in the century and a half since: writers from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Stephen King have taken rooms in the haunted houses of American fiction. Dale Bailey traces the haunted house tale from its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087972790X
• ISBN13: 9780879727901
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"