{"product_id":"gothic-fiction-and-the-writing-of-trauma-1914-1934-the-ghosts-of-world-war-one-9781474443449","title":"Gothic Fiction and the Writing of Trauma, 1914-1934: The Ghosts of World War One","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Strand\u003c\/i\u003e and other periodical publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe Occult Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474443449","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46020949016713,"sku":"9781474443449","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_76b79e86-4940-43d8-a0d1-64cfe52d7d03.jpg?v=1777408436","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/gothic-fiction-and-the-writing-of-trauma-1914-1934-the-ghosts-of-world-war-one-9781474443449","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}