Haunted states : an American Gothic guidebook / Miranda Corcoran.

Corcoran, Miranda, author

London : Repeater, 2024.

352 pages ; 20 cm

'Haunted States' is a unique guidebook that explores the dark, often horrifying, history of the US. Based on the author's journey across the United States in summer 2022, it explores locations connected to Gothic fiction and film, tracking the relationship between the American landscapes and the various forms of fictional horror the nation has produced over the centuries. Part cultural history and part travelogue, the work traces how the American Gothic draws inspiration from the natural and built environments, with the astounding geographical variation of the landscape influencing the distinctive forms of horror produced across its many diverse regions.

9781914420320 (pbk)

917.30434
917.3

E158

917.3

English

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