Grim Phantasms: Fear in Poe's Short Fiction

by Michael L. Burduck

Overview

This title, originally published in 1992, presents an assessment of Poe’s short stories that treat horror, and more specifically how he manipulated the conventions of that horror to register subtly on the fears and phobias of his reading audiences. Short-stories examined include The Black Cat, Hop-Frog and Morella. This title also explores the theories of Stephen King and Benjamin Rush on the horror genre. This title will be of great interest to students of American Literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138501881
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/26/2017
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: The American Novel , #3
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Poe, Gothic Fiction, and Fear 2. Aesthetic and Scientific Theories: Stephen King, Benjamin Rush, and Fear 3. Poe’s Fiction of Fear 4. Poe’s Fiction of Fear in Retrospect; Selected Bibliography; Index