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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Call for chapters: Pyrotechnics: The Incandescent Imagination of Angela Carter
Angela Carter is no stranger to these pages–she is crucial in giving literature of the fantastic/Gothic its subversive edge and in the transformation of genres that fuels much OGOM research. The editors of a forthcoming collection, Dr Charlotte Crofts (Associate … Continue reading
CFP: Death and the Maiden Conference, University of Winchester, 21-24 July 2017
Call for papers for an interdisciplinary conference exploring the relationships between women and death–sure to inspire scholars of the Gothic and the fantastic. Death and the Maiden has long been an artistic genre in the West, with its roots in … Continue reading
CFP: Fantastic London: Dream, Speculation and Nightmare, University of London, 13–14 July 2017
Call for papers for a conference on London and the fantastic (deadline 17 March 2017): Proposals are invited for papers, comprised panels, and roundtable sessions, which consider any period or genre of literature about, set in, inspired by, or alluding … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged cities, fantastic literature, London, the fantastic, urban gothic
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Witchcraft through the Ages: The Black Mass
Incredible scene of witches attending a black mass from this amazing-looking 1922 Swedish film, Häxen (which I had not heard of before).
Alice in Wonderland
Some items that I’ve recently spotted on the Alice books. First, a 1915 silent film of Alice in Wonderland that looks amazing–I’d not come across this before. Then the first of a series of broadcasts on CBC: ‘Curioser and Curioser’. … Continue reading
Posted in Film Clips, Resources
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, feral children, illustration, Lewis Carroll
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Folk Gothic and Folk Noir
We’ve mentioned the growing interest in folk Gothic a couple of times on this site, where the darkness of Gothic narrative roots itself in folk traditions (or invented replicas of such traditions). Folklore, too, interests us in the form of … Continue reading
The Company of Wolves: Angela Carter and Neil Jordan
From the brilliant Angela Carter Online website (thanks to Caleb Sivyer), here’s a fascinating discussion between Angela Carter and Neil Jordan, the director of the film adaptation of Carter’s wolf narratives as The Company of Wolves.
Posted in Interviews
Tagged adaptation, Angela Carter, Company of Wolves, Film, Neil Jordan, Wolves
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Theodore von Holst, ‘Frankenstein’ (1831)
A very erudite and penetrating article here by Ian Haywood of the University of Roehampton on the frontispiece to Mary Shelley’s 1831 edition of Frankenstein by Theodore von Holst, a protégé of Henry Fuseli. Haywood’s essay uses the image of … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged art, Frankenstein, illustration, Mary Shelley, Monsters
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CFP: Call for Articles: Victorian and Neo-Victorian Screen Adaptations
And following my last post on Steampunk and Neo-Victorianism, there’s a call here for articles in a collected volume on Victorian and Neo-Victorian Screen Adaptations.
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged adapation, Film, Genre, Gothic, neo-Victorianism, TV, Victorian literature
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Steampunk and Neo-Victorianism
The rapid interbreeding of genres around fantastic literature in general but particularly (and this has been my focus) with YA fantasy has found Neo-Victorian/Steampunk in bed with paranormal romance; I’m hoping to write about a couple of novels with this … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles
Tagged Fantasy, Genre, humour, neo-Victorianism, parody, steampunk
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