The Routledge Introduction to the American Ghost Story

by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Scott Brewster

This book traces the historical development of the American ghost story from its Indigenous, Puritan, and Enlightenment origins to its heyday in the nineteenth century and continued vibrancy in modern literary and visual culture. It explores the main tropes, thematic preoccupations, principal settings, and stylistic innovations of literary ghost stories in the United States, and the ghost story's rich afterlife in cinema, television, and digital...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367461145
• ISBN13: 9780367461140
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"