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100 1 $aPepetone, Gregory G.,$d1946-
245 10 $aGothic perspectives on the American experience /$cGregory G. Pepetone.
260 $aNew York :$bP. Lang,$c℗♭2003.
300 $ax, 197 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction: Preliminary Issues --$g2.$tNarratives of Subversion and Conspiracy --$g3.$tNineteenth-Century Political Gothic --$g4.$tPulp Culture and American Politics --$g5.$tChronicles of Redemption.
520 1 $a"From the founding of the United States to the present day, America's conception of itself as a functional democracy has been clouded by a dark suspicion of subversion, conspiracy, and failure. Gothic Perspectives on the American Experience explores this dark side of America's past, from the era of Thomas Jefferson and Charles Brockden Brown to that of John F. Kennedy and Oliver Stone. Drawing upon insights garnered from history, literature, pulp fiction, and film, this book probes unresolved divisions between adherents of the authentic American dream - which is based on faith in civilized dialogue within an open political process - and an alternative conception of America based in commercialism, covert politics, and faith in the effectiveness of armed might.
520 8 $aAlthough this alternative vision found its most virulent expression in the fascist ideology of Nazi Germany, the philosophical and psychological precedents of modern fascism were latent in the philistinism, nationalism, and militarism of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American history. According to some, these latent tendencies eventually culminated in a Cold War conflict between John F. Kennedy and the military-industrial-intelligence complex, sometimes referred to as the shadow government. According to the Gothic imagination, that conflict cost John F. Kennedy his life.
520 8 $aThis book examines the tensions between democratic idealism and covert fascism in the American experience, the Gothic dilemmas those tensions have provoked, and the contributions made by some of America's preeminent authors, politicians, historians, and filmmakers toward reforming an increasingly dystopian society along the utopian lines envisioned by the Founding Fathers."--Jacket.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aGothic revival (Literature)$zUnited States.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature.
650 0 $aSubversive activities$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xCivilization.
650 0 $aConspiracies$zUnited States.
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650 7 $aConspiracies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00875715
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650 7 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01033350
650 7 $aPopular culture.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01071344
650 7 $aSubversive activities.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01136956
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
650 07 $aHorrorfilm.$0(DE-588)4127415-5$2gnd
650 07 $aPolitik (Motiv)$0(DE-588)4202544-8$2gnd
650 07 $aSchauerliteratur.$0(DE-588)4179419-9$2gnd
651 7 $aUSA.$0(DE-588)4078704-7$2gnd
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650 07 $aPolitik <Motiv>$2swd
650 07 $aHorrorfilm.$2swd
651 7 $aUSA.$2swd
648 4 $aGeschichte 1800-2000.
648 4 $aGeschichte 1900-2000.
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411635
776 08 $iOnline version:$aPepetone, Gregory G., 1946-$tGothic perspectives on the American experience.$dNew York : P. Lang, ℗♭2003$w(OCoLC)606932125
776 08 $iOnline version:$aPepetone, Gregory G., 1946-$tGothic perspectives on the American experience.$dNew York : P. Lang, ℗♭2003$w(OCoLC)606934887
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy035/2001050396.html
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