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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Matizes do gótico: Three centuries of Horace Walpole – Two kinds of Romance
I’m very honoured to have my chapter ‘“Two kinds of romance”: Generic hybridity and epistemological uncertainty in contemporary paranormal romance’ included in this beautiful new book from Brazil: Matizes do gótico: três séculos de Horace Walpole, ed. by Júlio França … Continue reading
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Tagged Alyxandra Harvey, fairies, Genre, Gothic novel, Horace Walpole, Intertextuality, Julie Kagawa, Paranormal romance, science, Vampires, YA Gothic
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Fairy Resources: bibliographies and links to folklore, myth, and romance writing sources
We’ve set up a new page of Resources following the ‘Ill met by moonlight’ conference. It will be a useful page for material on the conference theme of Gothic fairies and will be continually updated. It holds a partial bibliography … Continue reading
Rewards and Fairies
We had many marvellous entries for the flash fiction competition at the ‘Ill met by moonlight’ Gothic Fairies conference. It was very difficult to choose, but we settled on two joint winners: Michaela Hausmann and Sarah McPherson–congratulations! The winning entries … Continue reading
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Tagged Conference photos, fairies, flash fiction, Gothic fairies, makeover
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CFPs: SF inequality, Twin Peaks, Georgette Heyer, Through the Looking-Glass, Oceans, The Exorcist, fairy tales, reviewers
Calls for papers for conferences and journals: 1. The Future of/as Inequality, Science Fiction Research Association (Virtual) Annual Conference 2021, 18-21 June 2021. Deadline: 1 May 2021. The Science Fiction Research Association invites proposals for its 2021 annual conference, to … Continue reading
Gothic Fairies conference a huge success!
OGOM’s ‘Ill met by moonlight’: Gothic encounters with enchantment and the Faerie realm in literature and culture was a huge success, despite all the anxieties and problems with it being on line. It worked so well only because of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Conference, enchantment, ethical Gothic, Fae, Gothic fairies
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‘Ill met by moonlight’ Gothic Fairies programme
Preparations are going well for our fabulous conference, ‘Ill met by moonlight’: Gothic encounters with enchantment and the Faerie realm in literature and culture (online, 8-11 April 2021). Tickets are now sold out, alas (though there may be cancellations). You … Continue reading
Corporeal Creations: Bodily Figurations of Creativity, Online Workshop – 24 March 2021
You are warmly invited to attend the forthcoming workshop “Corporeal Creations: Bodily Figurations of Creativity,” to be held online via Zoom at Tübingen University on 24 March 2021. Please see the program below. The workshop will examine medieval and post-medieval … Continue reading
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Tagged Frankenstein, John Gower, medieval literature, Milton, Monsters, poetics, robots, Sidney, Vampires, William Scott
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Gothic Fairies conference – new plenaries
We are beyond excited to announce that we have two more very special plenary speakers for OGOM’s online Gothic Fairies conference, ‘Ill met by moonlight’: Gothic encounters with enchantment and the Faerie realm in literature and culture, on 8-11 April … Continue reading
Events: Mary Shelley, Octavia Butler, Gothic ocean, Byron, Polidori
Despite the pandemic isolation, scholars in Gothic and allied fields are finding creative ways to keep literary and cultural dialogue flourishing with on-line events. here are a few we’ve noticed: 1. BARS Digital Event: ‘The Late Mary Shelley’, 18 February … Continue reading
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Tagged Byron, Gothic, Gothic ocean, John Polidori, Mary Shelley, Octavia E. Butler, SF, Vampires, women writers
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