The Haunt of Home: A Journey Through America's Heartland

by Zachary Michael Jack

Book Overview

What does it mean to deeply love a home place that haunts us still? From Mark Twain to Grant Wood to Garrison Keillor, regionalists from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age have explored the American Gothic and the homegrown fatalism that flourish in many of the nation's most far-flung and forgotten places. The Haunt of Home introduces us to a cast of real-life Midwestern characters grappling with the Gothic in their own lives, from promising...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501751794
• ISBN13: 9781501751790
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher