Author Archives: William the Bloody

About William the Bloody

Cat lover. 18C scholar on the dialogue and novel. Co-convenor OGOM Project

Suzanne Burdon, ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the birth of modern science’

Posted on 25th January 2015 by William the Bloody

A stimulating discussion of the attitude towards science in Mary Shelley’s Fankenstein: Mary Shelley wrote ‘Frankenstein’ when she was just 18, and it is often read as a gothic horror story and prophetic warning about the dangers of taking science … Continue reading →

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Owen Williams, ‘A History of British Folk Horror’

Posted on 24th January 2015 by William the Bloody

A useful summary of the genre of Folk Horror in film.

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Tessa Farmer, ‘In Fairyland’, Leeds College of Art, 30 January – 26 February 2015

Posted on 24th January 2015 by William the Bloody

This exhibition at Leeds College of Art looks enticing: The Cottingley Fairies fly home in the forthcoming exhibition ‘In Fairyland’. It is now almost a century since the infamous fairy photographs were taken in a small village a few miles … Continue reading →

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wonder.land – a new musical

Posted on 24th January 2015 by William the Bloody

This sounds exciting! Another response to the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures in WonderlandL Damon Albarn’s new musical, wonder.land.

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Maria Popova, ‘The Best Illustrations from 150 Years of Alice in Wonderland’

Posted on 24th January 2015 by William the Bloody

There is some astonishing and beautiful artwork here in this account of the illustration of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, many of which I’d not seen before. I hadn’t known Tove Jannson had illustrated the work, and hers are especially lovely.

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Spine-chillers and suspense: A timeline of Gothic fiction

Posted on 24th January 2015 by William the Bloody

This is a concise but excellent timeline of the origins and development of Gothic fiction by the OGOM collaborator Catherine Spooner. It’s a very useful resource for anyone interested in Gothic culture, and we’ve also added it in the Related … Continue reading →

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Suzie Grogan, ‘From stanza to screen: How a Keats poem is inspiring 21st-century film makers’

Posted on 22nd January 2015 by William the Bloody

An interesting short piece on contemporary film versions of Keats’s Gothic-styled demon lover poem, ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci‘: La Belle Dame taps into the current focus on the supernatural in young adult fiction, and offers countless opportunities for interpretation … Continue reading →

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Nominations sought: The Allan Lloyd Smith Memorial Prize

Posted on 20th January 2015 by William the Bloody

In 2011, as a memorial to its founding President Dr Allan Lloyd Smith (1945-2010), the International Gothic Association established a prize to be awarded for a scholarly publication considered to have advanced the field of Gothic studies significantly. For the … Continue reading →

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CFP: Locating Fantastika: An Interdisciplinary Conference, 8 July 2015, Lancaster University

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

An exciting conference at Lancaster in July, embracing all aspects and genres of fantastic narrative. “Fantastika”, coined by John Clute, is an umbrella term which incorporates the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, but can also include alternative histories, … Continue reading →

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Podcast: A.S. Byatt discusses the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

Novelists A. S. Byatt and Lawrence Norfolk venture together into Germany’s dark woods to discover witches, goblins, lost children and treasure.

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