Gothic Fiction and the Writing of Trauma, 1914–1934
The Ghosts of World War One
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
Av Andrew Smith, University of Sheffield) Smith, Andrew (Reader
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This book examines the representation of the ghost-soldier in literature published from 1914 1934 both marking the presence of trauma and attempting to make sense of trauma. Andrew Smith examines short stories, novels, poems and memoirs that employ ghosts to reflect upon feelings of loss, paralleling the literary context with accounts of shell-shock which construe the damaged soldier as psychologically missing and therefore spectre-like. The author argues that literary and non-literary texts repeatedly deploy a form of the uncanny, familiar from a Gothic tradition, as way of reflecting upon grief. In support of this claim, he draws on fiction by well-known authors such as M. R. James, E. F. Benson, Dorothy L. Sayers and Dennis Wheatley, alongside largely forgotten contributions to The Strand and other periodical publications such as The Occult Review.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2022-07-21
- Mått156 x 234 x 20 mm
- Vikt368 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor232
- FörlagEdinburgh University Press
- ISBN9781474443432