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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Andrew Smith, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Frankenstein
Andrew Smith of the University of Sheffield has edited this exciting new collection of essays on Frankenstein in the always-useful Cambridge Companions series–out in September 2016. It approaches the classic Gothic novel from a variety of perspectives and considers adaptations … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles
Tagged adaptation, ecocriticism, Female Gothic, Frankenstein, Gothic novel, posthumanism, queerGothic
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Fairy Tale Art
A lovely site, Art Passions Fairy Tales, full of fairy tale art and children’s books illustration, featuring all the classic artists such as Arthur Rackham, William Morris, Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, Gustave Doré, and many more, with full versions of … Continue reading
Posted in Resources
Tagged art, Arthur Rackham, Children's literature, Fairy tales, Gustave Doré, illustration
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Museum of Witchcraft and Magic
The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic: this looks a fabulous place and I’ll have to visit it one day.
Maggie Stiefvater events in UK, July-August 2016
The marvellous Maggie Stiefvater, author of YA paranormal romances that transcend the genre with their literary style and complexity, is appearing for three talks in the UK soon–in London, Manchester, and Glasgow. Stiefvater is the author of the excellent Wolves … Continue reading
Angela Carter: Children’s books and fairy tales
A great piece here from the TLS: Angela Carter reviewing children’s picture book versions of fairy tales with typical earthy wit, bemoaning the toning down of the more brutal aspects of their sources. And a saddening extract from a review … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged adaptation, Angela Carter, Brothers Grimm, Children's literature, Fairy tales, illustration
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Strange Worlds: The Vision of Angela Carter, RWA, Bristol, 10 Dec 16 – 19 Mar 17
Angela Carter is a key figure in the OGOM Project (as you might guess from the many postings here about her). Her explorations of the marvellous and the fabulous, her intertextuality and play with genres, her concerns with the metamorphoses … Continue reading
Folklore Thursday
We’ve been following Folklore Thursday‘s entertaining and informative Tweets for some time now. As the name suggests, they post snippets on folklore-related themes every Thursday, using the hashtag #FolkloreThursday. They have been supporting the OGOM blog (with much OGOM material … Continue reading
Summer of 1816: Creativity and Turmoil
What a fabulous conference Summer of 1816: Creativity and Turmoil at the University of Sheffield was! Brilliant organisation by the wonderful Angela Wright and Madeleine Callaghan. I’m feeling that post-conference melancholy. Met some great new people and caught up with … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences
Tagged 1816, Byron, Frankenstein, John Polidori, Mary Shelley, Shelley
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Marcus Sedgwick’s new novel: Saint Death
The marvellous Marcus Sedgwick, prize-winning YA and children’s novelist, has a new novel, Saint Death; an extract features here. I’m not sure whether this is in the Gothic or fantastic mode (though the title suggests Gothic undertones) like many of … Continue reading
China Miéville: Beatrix Potter, Enid Blyton and the ‘pictureskew’
A very interesting essay by China Miéville on the dark side of the picturesque and English landscape in children’s literature.
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged aesthetics, Children's literature, landscape, picturesque, sublime
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