American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction
By Dale Bailey
eBook
$14.95
By Dale Bailey
In stock
Buy this eBook as a gift for someone else
Buy this eBook as a gift for someone else
Personalize your gift
Pick up in store
Your local store may have stock of this item.
Your local store may have stock of this item.
Available on compatible , the free NOOK App, and in My Digital Library
NOOK App
Open NOOK app
Download NOOK app
NOOK Devices
- NOOK GlowLight 4 Plus
- NOOK GlowLight 4e
- NOOK GlowLight 4
- NOOK GlowLight Plus 7.8
- NOOK GlowLight 3
- NOOK GlowLight Plus 6
- NOOK 9" Lenovo Tablet (Arctic Grey and Frost Blue)
- NOOK 10" HD Lenovo Tablet
- NOOK Tablet 7" & 10.1
- NOOK by Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 [Tab A and Tab 4]
- NOOK by Samsung [Tab 4 10.1, S2 & E]
- NOOK for iOS
- NOOK for Android
BN.com website
Go to your Digital Library in My Account
Limit 1 per customer
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 origins in English gothic fiction to the paperb…
Categories
LiteratureNew Age & Alternative BeliefsSocial SciencesNonfictionLiterary CriticismUnexplained PhenomenaRegional StudiesAmerican LiteratureGenres & Literary FormsNational CharacteristicsGeneral & Miscellaneous Literary CriticismGeneral & Miscellaneous American Literature - Literary CriticismHorror Literature - Literary CriticismNational Characteristics - North AmericaLiterary Criticism - General & MiscellaneousGhosts & Haunted PlacesAmerican fiction->History and criticismGhost stories, American->History and criticismHorror tales, American->History and criticismNational characteristics, American, in literaturePopular literature->United States->History and criticism



