The Ghost Story Persists in American Literature. Why?
Parul Sehgal in the New York Times: In 1960, the literary critic Leslie Fiedler delivered a eulogy for the ghost story in his classic study “Love and Death in the American Novel.” “An obsolescent subgenre,” he declared, with conspicuous relish; a “naïve” little form, as outmoded as its cheap effects, the table-tapping and flickering candlelight. Ghost … Continue reading The Ghost Story Persists in American Literature. Why?
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