The Biology of Horror: Gothic Literature and Film
- ISBN-10
- 0809389134
- ISBN-13
- 9780809389131
- Category
- Gothic revival (Literature)
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- SIU Press
- Author
- Jack Morgan
Description
The same kind of preoccupation is evident in what the narrator of Poe's " The Case of M. Valdemar " notes upon arrival ... the revenant trails the grave with him or her — the clay must cling , suggesting mire , slime , and corruption .
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