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Literature--second Edition

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  • 1986 first published
  • 1,573 pages
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James H. Pickering, Jeffrey D. Hoeper and Nathaniel Hawthorne's Literature--second Edition (1986) is a gothic fiction and demon fiction novel. It takes readers to New England and Salem Village in the 1600s. It features Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher and Ethelred. Key subjects include burial vaults, Catalepsy, dragons and hermitages.

It runs to roughly 1,573 pages — 28–29 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • American Horror tales
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy
  • Dragons
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hermitages
  • Heroic romances
  • Horror
  • Horror tales
  • Hysteria
  • Knights
  • Maces
  • Psychogenic death
  • Tarns
  • Collections
  • Satanism

Quick answers

Who wrote Literature--second Edition?

Literature--second Edition was written by James H. Pickering, Jeffrey D. Hoeper and Nathaniel Hawthorne and first published in 1986.

What genre is Literature--second Edition?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Demons & Devils, Horror and Circus & Carnival.

How long is Literature--second Edition?

The median edition has 1,573 pages, about 28–29 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Literature--second Edition?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Evil Image, The Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction -- Fourth Edition and The Rinehart Book of Short Stories.

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