Background o A two-part nightmare story lamenting the neglect of cemeteries 0 1870, Buffalo n a parody of " a ghost Story n Not exactly a Gothic fiction 口 A public issue a the woeful neglect of local cemeteriesBackground  A two-part nightmare story lamenting the neglect of cemeteries  1870, Buffalo  A parody of “A Ghost Story”.  Not exactly a Gothic fiction  A public issue  the woeful neglect of local cemeteries