American gothic : An anthology 1787–1916 (1999)

by Charles L. Crow (Editor)

Other authors: Louisa May Alcott (Contributor), Ambrose Bierce (Contributor), Charles Brockden Brown (Contributor), George Washington Cable (Contributor), Alice Cary (Contributor) — 26 more, Charles W. Chesnutt (Contributor), Kate Chopin (Contributor), James Fenimore Cooper (Contributor), Stephen Crane (Contributor), Emily Dickinson (Contributor), Paul Lawrence Dunbar (Contributor), Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (Contributor), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Contributor), Nathaniel Hawthorne (Contributor), Lafcadio Hearn (Contributor), Washington Irving (Contributor), Henry James (Contributor), Sarah Orne Jewett (Contributor), Henry Clay Lewis (Contributor), George Lippard (Contributor), Jack London (Contributor), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Contributor), Herman Melville (Contributor), John Neal (Contributor), Frank Norris (Contributor), Abraham Panther (Contributor), Edgar Allan Poe (Contributor), Edwin Arlington Robinson (Contributor), Harriet Prescott Spofford (Contributor), Mark Twain (Contributor), Edith Wharton (Contributor)

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This collection brings together, and sets into dialogue, Gothic works by a number of authors, men and women, black and white, which illuminate many of the deepest concerns and fears of nineteenth-century America.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Crow, Charles L.	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Alcott, Louisa May	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bierce, Ambrose	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brown, Charles Brockden	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cable, George Washington	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cary, Alice	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chesnutt, Charles W.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chopin, Kate	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cooper, James Fenimore	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Crane, Stephen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dickinson, Emily	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dunbar, Paul Lawrence	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hawthorne, Nathaniel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hearn, Lafcadio	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Irving, Washington	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
James, Henry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jewett, Sarah Orne	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lewis, Henry Clay	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lippard, George	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
London, Jack	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Melville, Herman	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Neal, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Norris, Frank	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Panther, Abraham	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Poe, Edgar Allan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Robinson, Edwin Arlington	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Spofford, Harriet Prescott	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Twain, Mark	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wharton, Edith	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The City in the Sea [poem] by Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven [poem] by Edgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher [short story] by Edgar Allan Poe

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar [short fiction] by Edgar Allan Poe

Hop-Frog; or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs [short story] by Edgar Allan Poe

The Cask of Amontillado [short story] by Edgar Allan Poe

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American gothic : An anthology 1787–1916

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American Gothic: An Anthology 1787 – 1916

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1999

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The assumption behind this collection is this: the Gothic is a larger and more important part of the literature of the United States than is generally thought.

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