About this title: Featuring contributions by Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Stephen King, Anne Rice, and many others, this definitive collection of chilling American fiction includes more than 40 of the best examples of the genre.
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Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780452274891ISBN:0452274893
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Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 1996
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Publisher: Plume Books
Date Published: 1996
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Publisher: Plume Books
Date Published: 1996
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Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 1996-12-01
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Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 1996
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Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 1996
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin USA
Date Published: 1996
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Publisher: Plume Books
Date Published: 1996
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PLUME
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780452274891ISBN:0452274893
Description: New. Featuring contributions by Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Stephen King, Anne Rice, and many others, this definitive collection of chilling American fiction includes more than 40 of the best examples of the genre. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 1996-12-01
ISBN-13:9780452274891ISBN:0452274893
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"Oates is no stranger to the gothic genre herself and she has created one hell of an anthology here. Some of the authors are the usual suspects that crop up in high school anthologies (A Rose for Emily, The Yellow Wallpaper, The Black Cat). But Oates moves beyond the usual syllabus to include Lovecraft (she should get some credit for helping to mainstream him) and contemporary writers like King and Thomas Ligotti, an author I think deserves more critical attention. Surveying the entire history of American gothic literature, Oates presents an astonishing array of authors and viewpoints, from straight up horror to more existential/psychological gothic. Unlike some anthologies, this one isn't just a random hodgepodge of some gems and a bunch of mediocre tales. Rather Oates has gone out of her way to include distinguished work from high brow and low brow, renowned and largely overlooked authors. Some of my favorites in this volume include August Derleth's "The Lonesome Place," Sherwood Anderson's "A Death in the Woods," Stephen Millhauser's "In the Penny Arcade" and Nancy Etchemendy's "Cat in Glass.""
"This is an interesting set of short stories, mildly "gothic" in the sense of having a bit of dark mystery/horror. The choices of stories are mixed. Some are very well done, some are obvious, some just don't fit. What makes this interesting is the timeline progression. The authors are from early 1800s to almost present.
As always, I am "amused" that so many stories have what is a fantasy, or science-fiction, twist and yet "my" genre always gets a bad rap.
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