It established him as the heir to William Faulkner, Truman Capote and other masters of the American Southern Gothic tradition.
这使他成为威廉·福克纳、杜鲁门·卡波特和其他美国南部哥特式传统大师的继承人。
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Southern Gothic
Southern Gothic is a subgenre of Gothic fiction in American literature that takes place exclusively in the American South.
Common themes in Southern Gothic literature include deeply flawed, disturbing or eccentric characters who may or may not dabble in hoodoo, ambivalent gender roles, decayed or derelict settings, grotesque situations, and other sinister events relating to or stemming from poverty, alienation, crime, or violence.