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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Rebecca Williams, Post-Object Fandom Television, Identity and Self-narrative
OGOM contributor Rebecca Williams‘s new book, Post-Object Fandom Television, Identity and Self-narrative, on TV fandom from Bloomsbury looks exciting: Fandom is generally viewed as an integral part of everyday life which impacts upon how we form emotional bonds with ourselves and … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Publications
Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dr Who, fandom, Firefly, TV
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CFP: Monstrum – the peer-reviewed scholarly journal of monsters and all things monstrous
I’m very honoured to have been appointed to the Editorial Board of Monstrum, a new and exciting journal for the study of monsters and the monstrous from the Spectral Visions Press. Contributions are being sought for the inaugural issue, which … Continue reading
Review of Mark Bruce’s ‘Dracula’
At the end of November, I treated myself and a friend to a performance of Mark Bruce’s Dracula. It is a sign of the how good the reviews had been that I was willing to trek from South-West London to North-East London to … Continue reading
Review of Witches and Wicked Bodies exhibition at the British Museum
Last Monday, I decided to treat myself to the Witches and Wicked Bodies exhibition at the British Museum. It was my kind of treat because it covers a subject matter of much interest to me and it was also free. The exhibition … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged body Gothic, Female Gothic, Fuseli, gender, Gothic, sexuality, witches
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Midas Fall, ‘Carol of the Infected’
A serendipitous Facebook recommendation introduced me to this cheery little seasonal song–a Christmas carol for zombies. Ethereal Goth music, I suppose, a touch psychedelic. I’ve heard a few snatches more from the Midas Fail website–hope you enjoy it!
So Snape isn’t a Vampire …
In a pre-Christmas treat, J. K. Rowling has written more about Severus Snape and vampires. Apparently, you would be wrong to think that Snape is a vampire because of the clear evidence to the contrary – of course arguably, Rowling … Continue reading
Company of Wolves Conference – Twitter Updates
As the abstracts start coming in thick and fast, it seems to time to start creating a diminutive for the ‘Company of Wolves’ conference. This seems particularly important on Twitter where it takes up 17 characters! With this is mind, … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Werewolves, Wild children, Wolves
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Sharing Our Lives with Wolves on Radio 4
Since starting my PhD on werewolves, I have discovered that whilst I don’t see lycanthropes everywhere (I’ve not started hallucinating through exhaustion yet), I do see wolves where ever I go. On a brief sojourn to my home county, Lincolnshire, … Continue reading
Greg Buzwell, ‘Bram Stoker’s stage adaptation of Dracula’
Another useful article from the BL’s excellent series. This might be useful for OGOM MA researchers as well as those concerned with the transmutation of the vampire through various media: To coincide with the British Library’s current major exhibition, Terror … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged adaptation, Bram Stoker, Dracula, theatre, Vampires, Victorian Gothic
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Marina Warner, ‘How fairytales grew up’
More from the always-insightful Marina Warner on the fairy tale and its transformations and adaptations. Here, the essay revolves around Disney’s Frozen to encompass the many variations, dilutions, and intensifications of the original folk motifs through the ages.