The Phantom and the Abyss: The Gothic Fiction in America and Aesthetics of the Sublime 1798-1856 by Marek Wilczynski

The Phantom and the Abyss: The Gothic Fiction in America and Aesthetics of the Sublime 1798-1856

Polish Studies in English Language and Literature

Marek Wilczynski

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The book focuses on the evolution of the Gothic fiction in America from Charles Brockden Brown to Herman Melville in the context of the aesthetics of the sublime. Starting with a reading of Brown's Gothic romances - "Wieland" and "Edgar Huntly" - ...

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