Haunted Empire shows that Gothic elements in Russian literature frequently expressed deep-set anxieties about the Russian imperial and national identity.
Valeria Sobol argues that the persistent Gothic tropes in the literature of the Russian empire enact 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 literar.
Northern Illinois University Press Haunted empire: gothic and the russian imperial uncanny, hardcover/valeria sobol
