Scare Tactics : Supernatural Fiction by American Women.
Scare Tactics identifies an important but overlooked tradition of supernatural writing by American women. Jeffrey Weinstock analyzes this tradition as an essentially feminist attempt to imagine alternatives to a world of limited possibilities. In the process, he recovers the lives and works of autho...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bronx :
Fordham University Press,
2008.
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| Summary: | Scare Tactics identifies an important but overlooked tradition of supernatural writing by American women. Jeffrey Weinstock analyzes this tradition as an essentially feminist attempt to imagine alternatives to a world of limited possibilities. In the process, he recovers the lives and works of authors who were important during their lifetimes and in the development of the American literary tradition, but who are not recognized today for their contributions. Between the end of the Civil War and roughly 1930, hundreds of uncanny tales were published by women in the periodical press and in books. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (417 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780823229871 0823229874 |