The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture
Description
The first sustained examination of the depiction of American suburbia in gothic and horror films, television and literature from 1948 to the present day. Beginning with Shirley Jackson's The Road Through the Wall , Murphy discusses representative texts from each decade, including I Am Legend , Bewitched , Halloween and Desperate Housewives .
Keywords
AMERICAN LITERATURE_HISTORY AND CRITICISM_20TH CENTURY
2009Book
Author(s)Bernice M. Murphy
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230218109
LanguageEnglish
