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American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction
American Nightmares The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction Author:Dale Bailey Bailey traces the haunted house tale from its origins in English gothic fiction to the paperback potboilers of the present, highlighting the unique significance of the house in the domestic, economic, and social ideologies of our nation. In the hands of the best gothic writers, Bailey concludes, the haunted house has become a powerful and profou... more »ndly subversive symbol of everything that has gone nightmarishly awry in the American Dream.« less