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Science and destabilization in the modern American Gothic : Lovecraft, Matheson, and King
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Science and destabilization in the modern American Gothic : Lovecraft, Matheson, and King

Author: David A Oakes
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
Series: Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy, no. 92.
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This volume asserts that 20th-century American Gothic fiction has used science and technology as its primary sources of destabilization, mirroring the development of these areas over the past  Read more...

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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Oakes, David A., 1968-
Science and destabilization in the modern American Gothic.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000
(OCoLC)606350620
Named Person: H P Lovecraft; Richard Matheson; Stephen King; H P Lovecraft; Richard Matheson; Stephen King
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David A Oakes
ISBN: 0313311889 9780313311888
OCLC Number: 43109775
Description: vi, 144 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 2. American Gothic: 1798-1900 17 --
3. H. P. Lovecraft 29 --
4. Richard Matheson 63 --
5. Stephen King 91.
Series Title: Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy, no. 92.
Responsibility: David A. Oakes.

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