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Author Archives: Sam George
Carmilla: the most ambiguous female vampire in fiction?
Listened to the thrilling dramatisation of Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’ on Radio 4 Extra tonight by candlelight whilst the wind howled outside and I contemplated my pile of marking. Love the ending of this story and the trope of the portrait … Continue reading
Le Fanu’s Carmilla on Radio 4 extra
Listened to Dramatisation of ‘Carmilla’ on Radio 4 Extra tonight whilst the wind howled outside and I grappled with my piles of marking…..love the ending of the story and the trope of the portrait and masked ball….the early illustrations are of … Continue reading
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New Year Resolutions for Vampires: Happy 2015
Wondering what new year resolutions vampires might make and how they might feel at this time of year I felt compelled to turn to the most existential and questioning of texts below. A text in which the vampire is luminous … Continue reading
Good Omens: dark and funny collaboration
Good Omens: How Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett wrote a book Lively insight into collaborative practices by two of the most original, dark and funny writers to ever co-write a novel For the uninitiated, Good Omens is a story about … Continue reading
Peter and the Wolf : celebrity narration and the enduring appeal of this tale
Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf has been recorded more often than any other piece of classical music – over 400 times in more than a dozen languages. The narration has been spoken by everyone from David Bowie to Eleanor … Continue reading
Buffyology Lessons in the Academy: Buffy V Shakespeare?
Given we had some papers on Buffy at the original Open Graves, Open Minds conference in 2010 and that she made an appearance in both the OGOM book and the special issue of Gothic Studies on vampires (and that we … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, popular culture, the canon, Twilight
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LA Weekly’s ‘Twenty Best Vampire Movies 1979 to the Present’ – prepare to be underwhelmed
LA Weekly’s Twenty Best Vampire Movies 1979 to the Present is a tad underwhelming… Kristy Swanson as Buffy in 1992 anyone? Only redeemed by Shadow of the Vampire 2000 but the synopsis seems to misunderstand the entire premise of the … Continue reading
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CFP: Daughter of Fangdom:A Conference on Women and the Television Vampire
Deadline for this is pending…..looking forward to seeing people in April
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences
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Six people given a vampire burial in Poland
Six people given a vampire’s burial over 200 years ago have been discovered in a Polish graveyard, some barricaded in the earth with sharp sickles, some weighted by stones on their necks, possibly to keep them from chewing through their … Continue reading