The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture: Backwoods Horror and Terror in the Wilderness

The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture argues that complex and often negative initial responses of early European settlers continue to influence American horror and gothic narratives to this day. The book undertakes a detailed analysis of key literary and filmic texts situated within consideration of specific contexts.

Author: B. Murphy
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/01/2013
Pages: 257
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781349469727

About the Author
Bernice M. Murphy is Lecturer in Popular Literature at the School of English, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Publications include The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture (2009), The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture (2013) and the collections Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy (2005) and (with Darryl Jones and Elizabeth McCarthy) It Came From the 1950s: Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties (2011).