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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Review: Beauty and the Beast, dir. by Bill Condon (Disney, 2017)
Sam and I have been posting on the theme of ‘Beauty and the Beast recently here and here (I am doing research on the tale and will be presenting a paper at the Damsels in Redress conference next month). I … Continue reading
Beauty and the Beast: more thoughts
Further to Sam’s post below, I’m writing a paper on YA adaptations of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ for the Damsels in Redress: Women in Contemporary Fairy-Tale Reimaginings at Queen’s University, Belfast (7-8 April), so the tale is very much on … Continue reading
The Eyes of My Mother
Kate Timperley has asked me to pass this news on about an intriguing Gothic film soon to be released: I am really happy to let you guys know of a really interesting Gothic horror film that I’ve been working on … Continue reading
Buffy: 20 years on
Some more interesting pieces on how important Buffy the Vampire Slayer is, twenty years after it was first shown. Lauren O’Callaghan’s article ‘20 years of the Slayer: How Buffy defined a generation of TV and movies‘ explores the series’ originality … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ethics Joss Whedon, Joss Whedon, narrative, TV, Vampires
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Rimsky-Korsakov, The Snow Queen (Opera North)
I’ve just seen Opera North’s production at The Lowry, Salford of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Snow Maiden, part of a trio of fairy-tale operas that the company are touring with—you can still catch them if you’re quick. There’s a trailer here. … Continue reading
Buffy: ‘academia’s most-studied pop cultural artifact’
Buffy the Vampire Slayer was first shown twenty years ago this week. Its multi-layered cleverness, its wit and wordplay, the depth of its characterisation and its subtle feminism, have not faded. Its influence on TV has been huge and it … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, TV, Vampires
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Wolves of Finland
An interesting article here by Patrick Barkham on the conflicting attitudes to wolves in Finland. Some of the issues raised in OGOM’s Company of Wolves conference (and featuring in our forthcoming book) on our relationship to nature and the image … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Company of Wolves, ecology, hunting, nature, rewilding, wilderness, Wolves
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Angela Carter — Resources
Still commemorating Angela Carter, twenty-five years after her death, here are some more useful links: Here’s a great article by John Dugdale on Carter’s legacy, including her influence in music: ‘Angela’s influence: what we owe to Carter‘ (though some connections … Continue reading
Posted in Resources
Tagged Angela Carter, Beauty and the Beast, dystopia, Fairy tales, Feminism, Intertextuality, journalism, music
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CFP: Gothic Nature: New Directions in Eco-horror and the EcoGothic, Trinity College Dublin, 17-18 November 2017
CFP for a conference in Dublin, 17-18 November on Gothic Nature: New Directions in Eco-horror and the EcoGothic (deadline 2 April 2017): Gothic and horror fictions have long functioned as vivid reflections of contemporary cultural fears. Wood argues that horror … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged Animals, eco-Gothic, ecocriticism, ecohorror, horror, landscape, Space
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CFA: Speculative Vegetation: Plants in Science Fiction
Call for article for a collection edited by Katherine E. Bishop, Jerry Määttä, and David Higgins, Speculative Vegetation: Plants in Science Fiction (deadline 30 April 2017): This volume will be the first to investigate the importance of plants in science … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged botany, ecocriticism, medicine, narratologynialism, plants, postcolonialism, SF, vegetation
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