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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Neil McRobert, ‘The Current State of Experimental Gothic: Part One’
A very interesting blog post by Neil McRobert, the first part of a discussion on postmodern experimental Gothic fiction (of which Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves (2000) is exemplary).
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Genre, Gothic, Gothic novel, House of Leaves, postmodernism
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Amanda Hopkins, ‘The Medieval Werewolf’
A fascinating and useful blog article on the literary representations of werewolves in medieval romance by Dr Amanda Hopkins at the University of Warwick.
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Animals, medieval literature, Romance, Werewolves, Wolves
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Review: The Gothic Fairy Tale in Young Adult Literature
A review by Donna Mitchell of what looks to be an important collection of essays on the Gothic aspects of the fairy tale in connection with the adaptation of such tales in YA literature: The Gothic Fairy Tale in Young … Continue reading
Posthuman Gothic (Published Collection) – Call for Chapters
A call for contributions to a volume on Post-human Gothic. The proposed volume seeks to contribute a new angle to this discussion by bringing together a number of articles on the intersections of the Gothic and the posthuman in literature, … Continue reading
Grimm brothers’ fairytales have blood and horror restored in new translation
A review by Alison Flood of Jack Zipes’s new translation of the first edition of the Grimms’ tales (never before done into English), without the censorship and Christianising of later editions. I, for one, am desperate to get a copy!
Posted in Books and Articles, Publications
Tagged Fairy tales, Folklore, Grimm brothers
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“There is no escape.” Horace Walpole and the terrifying rise of the Gothic
Nick Groom on the trajectory from Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto (1764) to present-day Gothic culture. The rise of the Gothic novel to horror and SF film and Goth music and fashion, with a glance at architecture, are all … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged architecture, Film, Goth subculture, Gothic, Gothic novel, Horace Walpole, Horror Film, SF, Victorian Gothic
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Marina Warner, ‘Once upon a time, part 1’
Marina Warner being typically brilliant and evocative on fairy tales.
Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night
This looks excellent, though I’ve not watched it yet! The inspiring Dr Angela Wright from the University of Sheffield contributes to this programme on the origins of the literary vampire and of Frankenstein, which will be on iPlayer for the … Continue reading
Posted in Resources
Tagged Byron, Frankenstein, John Polidori, Mary Shelley, Shelley, Vampires
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Dead Letter: The Aesthetics of Horror
Dead Letter: The Aesthetics of Horror ‘An investigative essay into the value of artistic representations of gore.’ A very thoughtful essay on the ethics and aesthetics of representing the horrific and the profoundly unpleasant in art by Jude D. Russo.
Watcher Junior: The Undergraduate Journal of Whedon Studies
For all undergraduate students of the Gothic, The Undergraduate Journal of Whedon Studies could be a valuable forum to exchange ideas–and practice the publication of your own ideas and research.