The Literary Haunted House

Lovecraft, Matheson, King and the Horror in Between

By: Rebecca Janicker

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Paperback | 26 January 2015

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The haunted house of American fiction is an iconic union of setting and theme with an enduring presence in popular culture that traces its lineage to the early English Gothic novels. Blurring the boundaries between past and present, the living and the dead, the haunted house--synonymous with the dark side of domesticity--challenges accepted notions of reality and wields a special power over the reader''s imagination.

Focusing on the work of H. P. Lovecraft, Richard Matheson and Stephen King, this critical work offers a fresh perspective on one of the most popular motifs in American fiction. Case studies demonstrate how these authors have kept the past alive while highlighting the complexities of modern society, using their ghostly tales to celebrate and challenge 20th century American history and culture.

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"Janicker presents students, academics, and general-interest readers with a critical investigation of the haunted house as a motif unifying setting and them from its beginnings in early English Gothic novels to its contemporary place in American fiction"-ProtoView.

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