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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Night of the Gorgeous Goth Girls–again!!
This poem was meant as a light-hearted celebration of all things Gothic, and of scholars and students in the field. I crammed in as many tropes, archetypes, characters, and clichés as I could, torturously straining the rhymes on the rack. … Continue reading
Frankenstein: essays and 1910 film
A bit behind with blogging, so quite a few Frankenstein items have accumulated (it being, as I’m sure you’ll know, the 200th anniversary of the novel’s publication). First, a brief discussion, with some very useful links, of the claim by … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged art, Film, Frankenstein, Ireland, Mary Shelley, moral philosophy, morality, science, science fiction
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CFPs: Buffy and the Bible, myth and fandom, fantasy blogs, Tropical Gothic
Some exciting calls for papers and articles: 1. Buffy and the Bible conference, University of Sheffield, 4-5 July 2019, deadline 18 March 2019 SIIBS and Sheffield Gothic are delighted to announce a two day interdisciplinary conference: ‘Buffy and the Bible’ … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, CFP (Conferences)
Tagged biblical studies, Blogs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, fandom, Fantasy, Folklore, myth, religion, tropical Gothic
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Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire
Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire The Premature Burial. Antoine Wiertz (1854) Sam George, University of Hertfordshire The story of Count Dracula as many of us know it was created by Bram Stoker, an Irishman, in 1897. … Continue reading
Angela Carter: BBC Documentary and The Angela Carter Society
Angela Carter’s work has been one of the centres OGOM’s research has revolved around, particularly since our very successful 2015 Company of Wolves conference. My own writing on paranormal romance has covered both werewolf narratives (for example, my chapter on … Continue reading
Emily Brontë : bicentennial essays
A few days late, but here are a selection of articles celebrating the bicentenary of Emily Brontë, whose singular 1847 novel Wuthering Heights took the architexts of the Gothic novel and added new psychological depth. It also lay the foundations … Continue reading
CFPs: Dracula, vampires, zombies, otherness
Quite a few CFPs here: Better rush for this one–deadline tomorrow, 15 August: A Cross-Platform Dracula Conference, 17-19 October 2018, Brasov Our aim is to present groundbreaking research on Bram Stoker, his novel Dracula and related topics on a bi-annual … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, CFP (Conferences)
Tagged Bram Stoker, Dracula, otherness, popular culture, urban, Vampires, Zombies
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IGA2018: Ambiguous Creatures and Ambivalent Morals
A huge thank you to all the organisers of the International Gothic Association 2018 conference, held at Manchester Metropolitan University. And thanks to all who attended OGOM’s Ambiguous Creatures and Ambivalent Morals panel and to all the lovely and inspiring … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged angels, changelings, fairies, Genre, Gothic romance, Hybridity, IGA Manchester, mummies, Paranormal romance, Vampires, YA Gothic
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Genre, dreadpunk, mannerpunk, the female Gothic
What constitutes a genre or subgenre and whether even the concept of genre itself has any use is much debated; it’s certainly a focal point of OGOM research, where we’re often concerned with what happens when genres collide or mate, … Continue reading
Mermaids: ballads, novels, films
Mermaids and related creatures such as sirens and selkies have a perennial appeal; we at OGOM love them and they have featured in quite a few posts here. There may be deep Freudian reasons for our fascination but we’re certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged ballads, bisexuality, Feminism, gender, mermaids, sexuality, Siren
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