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02390aam a2200337 i 4500 001 DC5A6C70EAE411E387729F9EDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140603010131 008 131024s2013 nyu bq 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013041787 020 $a 1137353716 (hardback) 020 $a 9781137353719 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)852224711 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d BDX $d OCLCO $d ORC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS374.H67 $b M87 2013 100 1 $a Murphy, Bernice M., $e author. 245 14 $a The rural gothic in American popular culture : $b backwoods horror and terror in the wilderness / $c Bernice M. Murphy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. 264 1 $a Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2013. 300 $a vii, 257 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 520 $a "From the very beginnings of an independent literary culture, the North American wilderness has often served as the setting for narratives in which the boundaries between order and chaos, savagery and civilization are torn down, and the natural world - as well as the individuals and creatures associated with it - becomes a threat to physical and moral safety. The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture argues that complex and often negative initial responses early European settlers expressed toward the North American Wilderness continue to influence American horror and gothic narratives to this day. The book undertakes a detailed and historically grounded analysis of key literary and filmic texts. The works of canonical authors such as Mary Rowlandson, Charles Brockden Brown and Nathaniel Hawthorne are discussed, as are the origins and characteristics of the backwoods horror film tradition and the post-1960 eco-horror narrative"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Horror tales, American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Horror films $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Sparsely populated areas in popular culture $z United States. 650 0 $a Nature in popular culture $z United States. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230405012430.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180111043659.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC5A6C70EAE411E387729F9EDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search