Jim writes:
> Miker,
>
> Re your question below:
>
> > Can you think of any [Poe stories] that have
a
> > Southern "air" to them?
>
> "The Gold Bug" is definitely set in the South.
I'm
> not sure how "gothic" you'd consider it but
it's
> definitely Southern. The story involves
code-breaking
> rather than the actual solving of a
crime.
I guess this would be my question overall---how the heck are
you defining Southern Gothic? By setting alone, or by the
author's personal history, etc.? I mena for example, by many
scholars Bierce is seen as a California writer, not a
Southern Gothic writer.
Best, MEH
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