Graduation Year
2017
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
Reader 1
Thomas Koenigs
Reader 2
Aaron Matz
Rights Information
© 2016 Caroline KE Quinn
Abstract
This article seeks to establish the importance of gothic convention and architecture’s role in Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and Southworth’s The Hidden Hand. By examining these stories’ dualities this article analyzes Poe and Southworth’s projects behind setting up dual spaces. Specific to Poe, this article follows architecture’s effect on mental health. Specific to Southworth, this article investigates her criticism of binaries and convention and how she uses architecture to shape her analysis.
Recommended Citation
Quinn, Caroline, "Dueling Dualities: The Power of Architecture in American Gothic Literature" (2017). Scripps Senior Theses. 897.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/897
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
