Stalin's Ghosts: Gothic Themes in Early Soviet Literature

By Muireann Maguire

Stalin's Ghosts examines the impact of the Gothic-fantastic on Russian literature in the period 1920-1940. The volume shows how Soviet authors drew on the traditional archetypes of the genre, such as the castle, the body, vampires, ghosts, villains, madness, and unnatural death, presenting a revisionist challenge to the view of Soviet literature as strictly rational.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303430787X
• ISBN13: 9783034307871
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"