Haunted empire : Gothic and the Russian imperial uncanny /

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"This book shows that Gothic elements in Russian literature (the themes of horror, medieval barbarity, darkness, and transgression) frequently expressed deep-set anxieties about the Russian imperial and national identity"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sobol, Valeria (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
Series:NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
Subjects:
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Russian > History and criticism.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre) > History and criticism.
Ukrainian fiction > History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Uncanny, The (Psychoanalysis), in literature.
Roman ukrainien > Histoire et critique.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Inquiétante étrangeté (Psychanalyse) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Russian
Imperialism in literature
Ukrainian fiction
Uncanny, The (Psychoanalysis), in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : From the Island of Bornholm to Taman' : The Literary Trajectory of the Russian Imperial Uncanny
  • A Gothic Prelude : Nikolai Karamzin's "The Island of Bornholm"
  • In search of the Russian Middle Ages : The "Livonian Tales" of the 1820s
  • "Gloomy Finland" and Russian Gothic Tales of Assimilation
  • Ukraine : Russia's Uncanny Double
  • On Mimicry and Ukrainians : Empire and the Gothic in Antonii Pogorel'sky's The Convent Graduate
  • 'Tis Eighty Years Since : Panteleimon Kulish's Gothic Ukraine.

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