Poe, "The House of Usher," and the American Gothic

Poe, 'The House of Usher,' and the American Gothic discusses the interrelation between Poe's tale and the modern horror genre, demonstrating how Poe's work continues to serve as a model for exploring the deepest and most primitive corners of the human mind and heart.

Autorentext
Author Dennis R. Perry: Dennis R. Perry is an Associate Professor of Literature and Film at Brigham Young University, USA. Author Carl H. Sederholm: Carl H. Sederholm is an Associate Professor of Humanities at Brigham Young University, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: The 'Usher' Formula Feminist 'Usher': Domestic Horror in Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' Realistic 'Usher': Narrative Imagination and James's The Turn of the Screw Cosmic 'Usher': Lovecraft Adapts his 'God of Fiction' Haunted 'Usher': Moving Towards Absolute Reality in The Haunting of Hill House Maternal 'Usher': Bloch's Psycho and the Blood-Stained Goddess of Death Evil 'Usher': Rosemary's Baby , Pop Culture, and the Evils of Consumerism Ceremonial 'Usher': The Initiation of Jack Torrance and the Fall of the Overlook Hotel