American Gothic

Robert K. Martin

Original title: American gothic

earliest edition we have, 1998 University Of Iowa Press, 1998 hardcover 264 pages

In America as in Britain, the rise of the Gothic represented the other - the fearful shadows cast upon Enlightenment philosophies of common sense, democratic positivism, and optimistic futurity. Many critics have recognized the centrality of these shadows to American culture and self-identification. American Gothic, however, remaps the field by offering a series of revisionist essays associated with a common theme:...

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American Gothic edition · 2009 · University of Iowa Press · 9781587293498
American Gothic hardcover · 1998 · University Of Iowa Press · 264 pages
American Gothic edition · 1998 · University of Iowa Press · 9781587293023

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