Andrew Smith

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Gothic Fiction and the Writing of Trauma, 1914-1934: The Ghosts of World War OneHardcover, 21 July 2022

Gothic Fiction and the Writing of Trauma, 1914-1934: The Ghosts of World War One
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Print Length
232 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Date Published
21 Jul 2022
ISBN-10
1474443435
ISBN-13
9781474443432

Description

This book examines how the representation of the ghost-soldier in literature published between1914-1934, both marks the presence of trauma and attempts to make sense of it. 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 a 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.

Product Details

Author:
Andrew Smith
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
21 July 2022
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.42 cm
ISBN-10:
1474443435
ISBN-13:
9781474443432
Language:
English
Pages:
232
Weight:
503.49 gm

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