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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Fairytales and Storytelling
An exciting season of broadcasts on fairy tales and storytelling on BBC Radio 4
Posted in Events
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Faeries, Fairy tales, Grimm brothers, storytelling
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Penny Dreadful: dismembering and assembling the Victorian Gothic
OGOM contributor Conrad Aquilana gives his analysis of the TV series Penny Dreadful.
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged fin de siècle, Frankenstein, Gothic, Intertextuality, Oscar Wilde, TV, Victorian Gothic, Werewolves
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What Is a Contemporary Gothic Reading Group?
A useful account here from OGOM contributor Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes on his experiences of running the Contemporary Gothic Reading Group at MMU.
The Poet, the Physician and the Birth of the Modern Vampire
A very interesting article on the relationship between Byron and John Polidori, and the writing of the latter’s seminal vampire tale, The Vampyre.
The International Fairy-Tale Filmography
A useful resource here: a filmography of films based on fairy tales. Adaptations of fairy tales are another strand of paranormal romance, particularly in YA fiction and children’s literature, and the film versions invite comparisons with literary reworkings.
Posted in Resources
Tagged adaptation, Children's literature, Fairy tales, Film, YA Fiction
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When Gothic Was Born
In conjunction with the British Library’s Gothic exhibition, the BBC are showing programmes on all things Gothic: When Gothic Was Born
CFP: Monstrous Geographies, Lisbon, 22-24 March 2015
This inter- and multidisciplinary conference focuses on the relationship between the monstrous and the geographic. We welcome proposals by academics, teachers, independent researchers, students, artists, NGOs and anyone interested in manifestations of monstrosity in space.
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences
Tagged architecture, CFP, death, dystopia, ethics, interdisciplinarity, Monsters, religion, Space
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Chris Riddell (author of Goth Girl) on Ada Lovelace
Chris Riddell, the author of the hilariously witty (and knowingly intertextual) Goth Girl children’s series, talks here about how the life of Ada Lovelace, pioneering computer programmer and daughter of Lord Byron, has influenced his work.
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Ada Lovelace, Byron, Children's literature, Goth subculture, Gothic, Intertextuality
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Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments to be a TV series
Cassandra Clare‘s excellent YA Mortal Instruments series (urban fantasy with elements of paranormal romance; demon hunters pitted against, and allying with, vampires, werewolves, and fallen angels) is to be a TV series (click here for details). The film (which I … Continue reading
Gothic Romance and the Phantasmagorical, Manchester, 23 October 2014
More events in MMU’s Gothic Festival: Two great talks: Dale Townshend (on “Gothic Architecture, Gothic History, Gothic Romance: Kenilworth Castle, 1800-1830”) and “Prepare to Enter the Phantasmagoria!” Film screening, talk and Victorian lantern show, presented by David Annwn Jones.
Posted in Events
Tagged Ann Radcliffe, architecture, Bram Stoker, Gothic, Gothic novel, Le Fanu, Mary Shelley, phantasmagoria
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