Republicanism and the American Gothic
Author(s) Marilyn Michaud
Language: English
Genre(s): History
Series: Gothic Literary Studies
- September 2009 · 224 pages ·216x138mm
- · Hardback - 9780708321461
- · eBook - pdf - 9780708322338
- · eBook - epub - 9781783163595
About The Book
This book is a comparative study of British and American literature and culture in the 1790s and 1950s. It explores the republican tradition of the British Enlightenment and the effect of its translation and migration to the American colonies. Specifically, it examines in detail the transatlantic influence of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century libertarian and anti-authoritarian thought on British and American Revolutionary culture.
Endorsements
"An extremely well-written and intelligent analysis of Gothic writing in the United States. Marilyn Michaud's study is a fascinating transatlantic perspective on the American Gothic, offering illuminating readings of the dark side of the republican political unconscious."--Justin D. Edwards, Bangor University