Chernobyl Trauma and Gothic Testimony, Cultural Memory and Global Literary Perspectives |
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| Author:
| Lindsay, Stuart |
| Series title: | Anthem Studies in Gothic Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-83999-064-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2025 |
| Publisher: | Anthem Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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This scholarly monograph explores the published eyewitness testimonies, poetry and literature surrounding the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It argues for the contextualisation of the disaster's collective traumatic wound and its Soviet political repression through public articulation of survivor experience and its interpretation by the trauma narratives of Science Fiction and the Gothic.
This scholarly monograph explores the published eyewitness testimonies, poetry and literature surrounding the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It argues for the contextualisation of the disaster's collective traumatic wound and its Soviet political repression through public articulation of survivor experience and its interpretation by the trauma narratives of Science Fiction and the Gothic.