TY - GEN T1 - Gothic passages : racial ambiguity and the American gothic T2 - Book collections on Project MUSE. A1 - Edwards, Justin D., 1970- LA - English PP - Iowa City PB - University of Iowa Press YR - 2003 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm56109574 AB - This groundbreaking study analyzes the development of American gothic literature alongside nineteenth-century discourses of passing and racial ambiguity. By bringing together these areas of analysis, Justin Edwards considers the following questions. How are the categories of "race" and the rhetoric of racial difference tied to the language of gothicism? What can these discursive ties tell us about a range of social boundaries - gender, sexuality, class, race, etc. - during the nineteenth century? What can the construction and destabilization of these social boundarie OP - 145 CN - PS374.G68 E39 2003eb SN - 1587294206 SN - 9781587294204 SN - 9780877458241 SN - 0877458243 KW - Horror tales, American : History and criticism. KW - American fiction : 19th century : History and criticism. KW - Gothic revival (Literature) : United States. KW - Multiracial people in literature. KW - Passing (Identity) in literature. KW - Ambiguity in literature. KW - Race in literature. KW - Récits d'horreur américains : Histoire et critique. KW - Roman américain : 19e siècle : Histoire et critique. KW - Littérature frénétique : États-Unis. KW - Passing (Identité) dans la littérature. KW - Ambiguïté dans la littérature. KW - Race dans la littérature. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : General. KW - Ambiguity in literature KW - American fiction KW - Gothic revival (Literature) KW - Horror tales, American KW - Passing (Identity) in literature KW - Race in literature KW - Multiracial people in literature KW - United States KW - Gothic Revival (letterkunde) KW - Amerikaans. KW - Letterkunde. KW - Rassenverhoudingen. KW - 1800-1899 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -