Haunted empire Gothic and the Russian imperial uncanny / Valeria Sobol.

SeriesNIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies
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.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2019050549
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