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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Prince Lestat: A New Era for the Vampire Chronicles of Anne Rice
Leigh McLennon reviews Anne Rice’s return to The Vampire Chronicles with Prince Lestat, asking how Rice has adapted her vampires to suit the changed social conditions since the series began.
Barry Forshaw ‘Sex and Death: Vampires from Coleridge to Hammer’
Instructive extract from Barry Forshaw’s British Gothic Cinema on the vampire theme in Gothic fiction from Coleridge’s ‘Christabel’ through ‘Carmilla’ and dracula to its incarnation in cinema.
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Carmilla, Coleridge, Dracula, Film, Gothic novel, Hammer horror, Romanticism, sexuality, Vampires
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Is Your Supernatural Spirit Animal a Vampire or a Werewolf?
Perhaps the biggest division between scholars and fans of paranormal romance is that over vampires versus werewolves. Take this quiz and find out who you are. It’s incredibly scientific and accurate, as demonstrated by its assuring me that I am … Continue reading
Folklore and Modern Irish Writing, by Anne Markey and Anne O’Connor
This book on Irish folklore and modern Irish writing looks very useful for those who, like myself, are fascinated by the way that folk tales can be endlessly reworked to give contemporary significance to old narrative structures and content.
Posted in Books and Articles, Reviews
Tagged adaptation, Celtic, Fairy tales, Folklore, Intertextuality, Irish literature, Yeats
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Young Adult Literature Convention, London, July 2015
This looks an exciting convention on YA and children’s Literature–part of the London Film and Comic Con. Of special interest is that Cassandra Clare, author of the splendid Mortal Instruments YA paranormal romance series (and its clockpunk prequel, the Infernal … Continue reading
How our zombie obsession explains our fear of globalisation
Jospeh Gillings in a thoughtful piece that sees the current appeal of zombie fiction in the context of the helplessness felt in the face of the lawless nature of present-day capitalism. I would want to qualify the use of ‘globalisation’ … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged 28 Days Later, capitalism, Frankenstein, globalisation, The Walking Dead, Zombies
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Phantasmagoria : The Dark Side of the Light
A fascinating short film with Mervyn Heard on the spooky spectacle of the late eighteenth-century/early nineteenth-century phantasmagoria and its uncanny foreshadowings of cinematic thrills. If this whets your appetite, come to the OGOM Company of Wolves Conference in September–we will … Continue reading
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Tagged cinema, Eighteenth century, Ghosts, Gothic, phantasmagoria, Victorian Gothic
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Otranto: Gothic articles and resources
Otranto is a marvellous new project for publishing peer-reviewd online articles on the Gothic.
Grandma, what a long history you have! The origins of “Little Red Riding Hood”
An interesting account by Tom Jacobs of the origins and dispersal of the Red Riding Hood tale. This is probably not such new and startling news as it proclaims, but that’s newspapers for you. And it begs a few questions … Continue reading
Comedy Crib: Faeries, ‘Dry Spell’
Some entertainingly grimy urban faeries.