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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Louis Peitzman, ‘Behind The Changes That Brought “Into The Woods” From Stage To Screen’
An interview with Into the Woods screenwriter James Lapine on the new adaptation for cinema of Stephen Sondheim’s brilliant revisioning of classic Grimms’ fairy tales.
Posted in Interviews
Tagged adaptation, cinema, Fairy tales, Grimm brothers, Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim
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Rebecca Williams, Post-Object Fandom Television, Identity and Self-narrative
OGOM contributor Rebecca Williams‘s new book, Post-Object Fandom Television, Identity and Self-narrative, on TV fandom from Bloomsbury looks exciting: Fandom is generally viewed as an integral part of everyday life which impacts upon how we form emotional bonds with ourselves and … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Publications
Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dr Who, fandom, Firefly, TV
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CFP: Monstrum – the peer-reviewed scholarly journal of monsters and all things monstrous
I’m very honoured to have been appointed to the Editorial Board of Monstrum, a new and exciting journal for the study of monsters and the monstrous from the Spectral Visions Press. Contributions are being sought for the inaugural issue, which … Continue reading
Midas Fall, ‘Carol of the Infected’
A serendipitous Facebook recommendation introduced me to this cheery little seasonal song–a Christmas carol for zombies. Ethereal Goth music, I suppose, a touch psychedelic. I’ve heard a few snatches more from the Midas Fail website–hope you enjoy it!
Greg Buzwell, ‘Bram Stoker’s stage adaptation of Dracula’
Another useful article from the BL’s excellent series. This might be useful for OGOM MA researchers as well as those concerned with the transmutation of the vampire through various media: To coincide with the British Library’s current major exhibition, Terror … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged adaptation, Bram Stoker, Dracula, theatre, Vampires, Victorian Gothic
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Marina Warner, ‘How fairytales grew up’
More from the always-insightful Marina Warner on the fairy tale and its transformations and adaptations. Here, the essay revolves around Disney’s Frozen to encompass the many variations, dilutions, and intensifications of the original folk motifs through the ages.
M.O. Grenby, ‘Fantasy and fairytale in children’s literature ‘
‘Professor M O Grenby explores the relationship between fantasy and morality in 18th- and 19th-century children’s literature.’ This is another excellent article by Prof. Grenby of Newcastle University, from the BL website (whose collection of articles is a very useful … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged adaptation, Alan Garner, C S Lewis, Charles Perrault, Children's literature, education, Fairy tales, Fantasy, Genre, Grimm brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, Intertextuality, John Locke, Lewis Carroll, Peter Pan, Philip Pullman, The Arabian Nights, YA Fiction
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CFP: Utopias, Realities, Heritages. Ethnographies for the 21st century, SIEF2015 12th Congress Zagreb, Croatia 21-25 June 2015
This looks like a fabulous conference, hosted by the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore. There are opportunities to share research on the fairy tale, particularly their utopian content (and including, I would think, contemporary adaptations).
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences
Tagged adaptation, CFP, Fairy tales, Folklore, utopianism
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‘Witches and wicked bodies’, British Museum, 25 September 2014 – 11 January 2015
This looks a marvellous and thrilling exhibition on the representation of witches in the visual arts through the ages. I really do want to see this myself! This exhibition will examine the portrayal of witches and witchcraft in art from … Continue reading
Roger Luckhurst, ‘Perversion and degeneracy in The Picture of Dorian Gray’
An excellent short essay on Oscar Wilde’s classic exploration of aesthetics and morality in The Picture of Dorian Grey by Professor Roger Luckhurst of Birkbeck, University of London.
Posted in Books and Articles, Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged aesthetics, Oscar Wilde, sexuality
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