Virtuous Woman, a | Literary Precedents
Gibbons's writing is based on the southern gothic foundation. Horror and mystery are intermixed with themes of kinship and loyalty. Gibbons skillfully utilizes language, situations, details, archetypes, and imagery which identify her work as the literary descendant of earlier works exploring the bizarre and universal nature of regional people and places. The southern gothic genre is frequently set in rustic, isolated areas and incorporates humor to alleviate the intensity of grotesque occurrences and imagery. Good and evil are intrinsic in everyone and everything, and people's attitudes...
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