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Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is the seventh book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1852.The novel, which uses many conventions of Gothic fiction, develops the psychological, sexual, and family tensions between Pierre Glendinning; his widowed mother; Glendinning Stanley, his cousin; Lucy Tartan, his fiancée; and Isabel Banford, who is revealed to be his half-sister.
American Gothic Press (AGP) is an American comic book imprint of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. Established in the spring of 2015, [1] it focuses predominantly on the kaiju , science fiction , fantasy , and horror genres, reflecting the tastes of Honorary Famous Monsters Editor-in-Chief Forrest J Ackerman .
Edgar Huntly (1799) Arthur Mervyn (1800) Signature. Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810) was an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period. Brown is regarded by some scholars as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. Although Brown was not the first American ...
1941–2008. Phyllis Ayame Whitney (September 9, 1903 – February 8, 2008 [1]) was an American mystery writer of more than 70 novels. Born in Yokohama, Japan to American parents in 1903, she spent her early years in Asia. After the death of her parents she moved to Chicago where she lived with her aunt. Later in life, Whitney moved to Staten ...
American Gothic literature, a homegrown genre set in uniquely American settings — the frontier, sometimes even suburbia — explores the darker elements of the nation’s culture and history. Historical sins like slavery, genocide and the destruction of the wilderness are often part and parcel of American Gothic fiction.
May 26, 2021 · American fiction -- History and criticism, Gothic revival (Literature) -- United States, Horror tales, American -- History and criticism Publisher New York : Continuum Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English
Dark Romanticism is a literary sub-genre of Romanticism, reflecting popular fascination with the irrational, the demonic and the grotesque. Often conflated with Gothic fiction, it has shadowed the euphoric Romantic movement ever since its 18th-century beginnings. Edgar Allan Poe is often celebrated as one of the supreme exponents of the ...
