Title Nineteenth-century Southern Gothic short fiction : haunted by the dark / edited by Charles L. Crow and Susan Castillo Street

Published London, UK ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 227 pages) Series Anthem studies in gothic literature Contents Cover -- Front Matter -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapters Intro-23 -- Introduction -- I The Tales -- Chapter One Victor Séjour, "The Mulatto" (1837, new English translation by Susan Castillo Street) -- The Mulatto -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- Chapter Two Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839) -- The Fall of the House of Usher -- Chapter Three Edgar Allan Poe, "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" (1844) -- The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether Chapter Four Henry Clay Lewis, "A Struggle for Life" (1850) -- A Struggle for Life -- Chapter Five George Washington Cable, "Belles Demoiselles Plantation" (1879) -- Belles Demoiselles Plantation -- Chapter Six Lafcadio Hearn, "The Ghostly Kiss" (1880) -- The Ghostly Kiss -- Chapter Seven Thomas Nelson Page, "No Haid Pawn" (1887) -- No Haid Pawn -- Chapter Eight Charles Chesnutt, "Po' Sandy" (1888) -- Po' Sandy -- Chapter Nine Grace King, "The Little Convent Girl" (1893) -- The Little Convent Girl -- Chapter Ten E. Levi Brown, "At the Hermitage" (1893) -- At the Hermitage Chapter Eleven Kate Chopin, "Désirée's Baby'' (1893) -- Désirée's Baby -- Chapter Twelve M. E. M. Davis, "At La Glorieuse" (1897) -- At La Glorieuse -- II Background -- Chapter Thirteen J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, from Letters from an American Farmer: Letter IX (1782) -- Letter IX -- Description of Charles-Town -- Thoughts on Slavery -- on Physical Evil -- a Melancholy Scene -- Chapter Fourteen Thomas Jefferson, from Notes on the State of Virginia: Query XVIII (1785) -- Query XVIII -- Chapter Fifteen Jean- Jacques Dessalines, "Liberty or Death: Proclamation, 28 April 1804" Liberty or Death Proclamation -- Chapter Sixteen Charles Brockden Brown, "On the Consequences of Abolishing the Slave Trade to the West Indian Colonies" (1805) -- On the Consequences of Abolishing the Slave Trade to the West Indian Colonies -- Chapter Seventeen Leonora Sansay, from Secret History -- or, The Horrors of St. Domingo: Letter II, Letter XXI (1808) -- Letter II -- Letter XXI -- Chapter Eighteen Thomas Ruffin Gray, from "The Confessions of Nat Turner" (1831) -- "The Confessions of Nat Turner" -- Chapter Nineteen Lafcadio Hearn, "St. Johns Eve- Voudouism" (1875) St. John's Eve-Voudouism (1875) -- Chapter Twenty George Washington Cable, from "Salome Müller: The White Slave" (from Strange True Stories of Louisiana, 1890) -- Salome Müller, the White Slave (1818-45) -- I. Salome and Her Kindred -- IV. Sold into Bondage -- V. The Lost Orphans -- VI. Christian Roselius -- VII. Miller versus Belmonte -- VIII. The Trial -- IX. The Evidence -- X. The Crowning Proof -- XI. Judgment -- XII. Before the Supreme Court -- Chapter Twenty-One George Washington Cable, from "The Haunted House in Royal Street" (from Strange True Stories of Louisiana, 1890) The "Haunted House" in Royal Street Summary Twelve uncanny tales of the race-haunted nineteenth-century South, by authors both celebrated and obscure, are presented along with background readings, themselves often chilling, placing the tales in a historical context Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 11, 2020) Subject Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American -- Southern States -- 19th century Short stories, American -- Southern States -- 19th century LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- American -- General. Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American Short stories, American Southern States Form Electronic book Author Crow, Charles L., editor Castillo, Susan P., 1948- editor. ISBN 1785273884 9781785273889 9781785273896 1785273892

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