The Declaration of Independence and Antebellum Philadelphia Gothic - (Anthem Studies in Gothic Literature) by Katherine Henry (Paperback)

About the Book

While the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, this timely book considers a darker legacy of the Declaration of Independence. Focusing on the work of three antebellum Philadelphia gothic writers, Henry identifies a literary mode she calls "civic horror" and examines its relevance to U. S. politics today.

About the Author

Katherine Henry is Associate Professor Emeritus in the English Department at Temple University. She is the author of Liberalism and the Culture of Security: The Nineteenth-Century Rhetoric of Reform (U of Alabama Press, 2011).