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Author Archives: Sam George
Werewolves and Wildness: OGOM Publication News
This is the second publication to develop out of our fantastic Company of Wolves conference. There has never been an edition of Gothic Studies on werewolves so this is an absolute first! Thank you to all the contributors for their … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, OGOM News, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Company of Wolves, feral children, Gothic Studies, OGOM, Werewolves, Wolves
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Saint Death: 2017 The Year of Mexican Gothic
Marcus Sedgwick has been linked to OGOM since its beginnings in 2010. He has appeared at all 3 conferences and has generously offered up essays for both of the OGOM edited collections. His latest essay is intriguingly called ‘Wolves and … Continue reading
OGOM Company of Wolves: The Book
Woo hoo. We are proud to present the details of the OGOM Company of Wolves book (MUP, 2017). There are 3 publications in total (one book and two special journal issues) and this is the first. More to follow on the … Continue reading
Wolves in the Asylum at the Wellcome
I visited the new exhibition on Bedlam at the Wellcome this week and was thrilled to find the wolf paintings of Freud’s ‘Wolfman’ on display. As we are currently working on the publications from the Company of Wolves conference it … Continue reading
Posted in exhibitions, OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged Company of Wolves, Freud, Richard Dadd, Wellcome collection, Wellcome Trust, wolfman
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I Know What You Did Last Summer: Welsh Bigfoot to rival Old Stinker the Hull Werewolf
Sasquatch, a Yeti or Bigfoot like creature has been spotted in Welsh woodland according to British newspapers. He is now set to rival Old Stinker the Hull Werewolf in the history of British monsters, having been supposedly captured on film. Bigfoot … Continue reading
Posted in Fun stuff, Resources
Tagged Bigfoot, Hull werewolf, Sasquatch, Welsh folklore, Yeti
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Hull Werewolf Old Stinker Inspires Research Paper
I am beyond excited to report that The Hull Werewolf ‘Old Stinker’ has surfaced again in the last few days, terrorising women with his human face and very, very, bad breath (hence his name). The two most recent sightings have … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Company of Wolves, old stinker, Werewolves, Wolves
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The Strange Case of the Gubblecote Witch
I read this account of the Gubblecote Witch in a very old pamphlet on Gothick Hertfordshire, uncovered on a market stall in Hitchin. For some reason I was really unsettled by this story, which is a true one, it took … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, Publications, Resources
Tagged ducking, Gobblecote, gothic Hertfordshire, Witch
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Vampire and Undead Studies 2016-17
Maybe we had found the perfect moment in history, the perfect balance between the monstrous and the human, the time when the ‘vampire romance’ born in my imagination […] should find its greatest enhancement (Lestat). It is seven years since … Continue reading
Gothic Blooms: The Dark Poetics of Botany
It is quite hard to combine my two research strands on botany and the gothic but I do like to experiment with gothic blooms in my garden. I grew this red chocolate sunflower as a dark counterpart to the sunshine yellow variety! … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged gothic gardening, poetic botany, Sam George Botany
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Blood and Mermaids: Limerick 2016
If our bodies are books of blood, then they can be read; we invite such readings and contributions where blood is the signifier. We are also interested in the analyses and representation of the literal presence of blood in our … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: Books of Blood
Tagged blood, gothic Ireland, John Rimmer, Limerick, mermaids, Tracy Fahey, Wellcome Trust
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