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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Spectral Visions: Interview with Bill Hughes
Stephanie Gallon, of the University of Sunderland’s Spectral Visions group, has interviewed me here about the Open Graves, Open Minds Project and paranormal romance. I enjoyed the interview very much; her questions were relevant and challenging and helped me clarify … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Byron, Feminism, Folklore, Genre, Paranormal romance, sexuality, Vampires, Werewolves, YA Fiction, Zombies
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Studies in Gothic Fiction, 3.2 (2014)
The latest issue of Studies in Gothic Fiction (3.2), edited by Enrique Ajuria Ibarra, is now available on line and is dedicated to Latin American Gothic.
Davia Sills, ‘The good zombie’
Davia Sills charts the rise of the post-Romero humanised zombie and what it might represent. This will be of interest to anyone exploring paranormal romance, particularly texts such as Daniel Waters’s Generation Dead and Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies.
Gail Turley Houston, ‘From Dickens to Dracula’
A thoughtful short essay on Dracula and the presence of the Gothic mode in Victorian fiction generally.
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Tagged Dickens, Dracula, The Brontës, Vampires, Victorian Gothic
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The Wild Evolution of Vampires, From Bram Stoker to Dracula Untold
Devon Maloney gives a brisk but useful survey of the changes in the image of the literary and cinematic vampire.
Posted in Resources
Tagged Angel, Anne Rice, Blade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Carmilla, Coppola, Dark Shadows, Dracula, Film, The Lost Boys, True Blood, Twilight, Vampires, Vlad the Impaler
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Six people given a vampire burial in Poland
Six people given a vampire’s burial over 200 years ago have been discovered in a Polish graveyard, some barricaded in the earth with sharp sickles, some weighted by stones on their necks, possibly to keep them from chewing through their … Continue reading