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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Le Fanu at 200
Le Fanu, author of the classic lesbian vampire novella, Carmilla, has his bicentenary this year. Trinity College will host the Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Bicentenary Conference on 15th– 16th October 2014. To coincide with the event, the Library is planning … Continue reading
CFP: E-Gothic: Assemblage and Anxiety in the Networked World
A CFP for an edited collection, E-Gothic: Assemblage and Anxiety in the Networked World, which will ‘explore and interrogate the Internet as a new, crucial medium for the culture of terror. The ‘web’ is an anarchic zone in which new … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged anxiety, CFP, Gothic, horror, Internet, sexuality, technology
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The Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole
Some beautiful images from the British Library’s edition of the founding Gothic novel, Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto (1765).
Gothic Origins: Film, Fiction and History
A very useful compilation of articles from Routledge journals on the Gothic. Unfortunately, the free access to these ended in September, but still worth looking at.
Posted in Books and Articles, Publications, Resources
Tagged Dracula, Film, Folklore, gender, Genre, Gothic, Gothic novel, theory, TV, Vampires
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CFP: Posthuman Gothic (Published Collection) – Call for Chapters
Chapters requested for a collection on posthuman Gothic.
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged body Gothic, CFP, Film, Gothic, interdisciplinarity, Monsters, popular culture, TV
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Marcus Sedgwick: where I write
A fascinating photographic exploration of the places that have inspired Marcus Sedgwick’s new novel, The Ghosts of Heaven. Marcus is an award-winning novelist whose work has been a focus and inspiration for the OGOM Project and who has also generously … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, Publications
Tagged Fantasy, Folklore, Marcus Sedgwick, Space, YA Fiction
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Gothic Manchester Festival 2014, 23rd-26th October 2014, Manchester
A fabulous set of events, covering all things Gothic, at MMU’s Gothic Manchester Festival
Gothic Spaces / Gothic Places, 25th October 2014, Manchester Metropolitan University
A great conference at MMU relating the Gothic and spatiality, part of MMU’s Gothic Festival. Catherine Spooner, who has contributed much to the OGOM project, will be speaking: ‘This day conference brings together some of the UK’s foremost gothic scholars … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences
Tagged architecture, body Gothic, Catherine Spooner, Conference, Gothic, landscape, Space, steampunk
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Sideways in Time: Alternate History and Counterfactual Narratives – March 30-31, 2015, Liverpool
An exciting conference at the University of Liverpool that embraces fantasy, SF, steampunk, and–I’m sure Gothic and the Undead: ‘Sideways in Time is an Alternate History Conference to be held at the University of Liverpool – in association with Lancaster … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences
Tagged CFP, Conference, Fantasy, Gothic, SF
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Prof. Nick Groom on the Gothic
On BBC 6 Music, you can hear Cerys Matthews, with Professor Nick Groom talking on the Gothic.