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1 online resource (xi, 198 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies |
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NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
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| Note |
Print version record |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Language |
In English. |
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Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Russian -- History and criticism.
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Gothic fiction (Literary genre) -- History and criticism.
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Ukrainian fiction -- History and criticism.
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Imperialism in literature.
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Uncanny, The (Psychoanalysis), in literature.
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Roman ukrainien -- Histoire et critique.
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Impérialisme dans la littérature.
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Inquiétante étrangeté (Psychanalyse) dans la littérature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
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Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Russian
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Imperialism in literature
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Ukrainian fiction
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Uncanny, The (Psychoanalysis), in literature
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sobol, Valeria. Haunted empire. Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501750571 (DLC) 2019050549 (OCoLC)1123232824 |
| ISBN |
9781501750588 (electronic bk.) |
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1501750585 (electronic bk.) |
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9781501750595 (electronic bk.) |
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1501750593 (electronic bk.) |
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9781501750571 (hardcover) |
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1501750577 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9781501750595 doi |
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AU@ 000066601675 |
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AU@ 000066602280 |
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