"The fall of the house of Usher" : a master text for (Poe's) American Gothic

This paper analyses a selection of Poe’s fiction taking as a point of departure the contentions of critics such as Hillis Miller and Eric Savoy on the characteristics of American Gothic. The paper starts with a discussion of these features, which “The Fall of the House of Usher” epitomizes. After a...

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Main Author: Marita Nadal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de La Rioja 2009-05-01
Series:Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/jes/article/view/141