Haunted Empire by Valeria Sobol - 9781501770104

Haunted EmpireGothic and the Russian Imperial Uncanny\nAuthor(s): Valeria Sobol\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Northern Illinois University Press\nISBN-13: 9781501770104, 978-1501770104\nSynopsis\nHaunted Empire shows that Gothic elements in Russian literature frequently expressed deep-set anxieties about the Russian imperial and national identity.\n\n Valeria Sobol argues that the persistent presence of Gothic tropes in the literature of the Russian Empire is a key literary form that enacts deep historical and cultural tensions arising from Russia's idiosyncratic imperial experience. Her book brings together theories of empire and colonialism with close readings of canonical and less-studied literary texts as she explores how Gothic horror arises from the threatening ambiguity of Russia's own past and present, producing the effect Sobol terms \""the imperial uncanny.\"" Focusing on two spaces of the imperial uncannythe Baltic north/Fin.