Category Archives: Books and Articles

The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television: A Comprehensive Bibliography

Posted on 15th October 2015 by William the Bloody

OGOM luminary and vampire scholar Stacey Abbott has drawn our attention to this bibliography of vampire representations by J. Gordon Melton and Alysa Hornick. It looks very comprehensive and would be a brilliant resource for all those studying the multifarious … Continue reading →

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Horror in the Arts – Free Articles!

Posted on 14th October 2015 by firekrank

As what surely is a celebration of Gothtober and in order to give you something good to curl up with as the nights draw in, Routledge is offering two months of free access to their collection Horror in the Arts. … Continue reading →

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Review of Xavier Aldana-Reyes’ Body Gothic (2014)

Posted on 13th October 2015 by firekrank

I seem to be getting forgetful in my old age (or it might be my Gothic past catching up on me). Regardless I can’t remember if I posted my review of Body Gothic (2014) by Xavier Aldana-Reyes on ‘The British Society for … Continue reading →

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Willis Goth Regier, ‘Grimm Beginnings’

Posted on 27th August 2015 by William the Bloody

An excellent review essay on the new Jack Zipes edition of the first edition of Grimms’ Tales and of his new book on the continuing influence of the tales. It contains an informed account of the history of successive editions … Continue reading →

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Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland: An on-line annotated edition

Posted on 1st August 2015 by William the Bloody

This looks a fantastic resource for scholars, students, and anyone interested in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: An online annotated edition featuring twelve Lewis Carroll scholars taking one chapter each, plus illustrations and remixes from the classic 1865 and … Continue reading →

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Monstrous media/spectral subjects

Posted on 14th June 2015 by William the Bloody

Catherine Spooner, who has contributed to OGOM since the beginning, has co-edited a new collection of essays with Fred Botting: Monstrous media/spectral subjects: Imaging Gothic from the nineteenth century to the present (from Manchester University Press, who have an excellent Gothic … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tales, Wolf Children and Victorian Fairy Art

Posted on 10th June 2015 by Sam George

Those attending the Company of Wolves conference in September may be familiar with the work of Michael Newton, Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Leiden. He is the author of Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children … Continue reading →

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10 Books That Will Change How You Think About Fairy Tales

Posted on 29th May 2015 by William the Bloody

And more on fairy tales. Some of the books on this list will be familiar (including The Bloody Chamber); some less so. There are books on the fairy tale, and reworkings of fairy tale themes and new fairy tales–for young … Continue reading →

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Angela Carter

Posted on 29th May 2015 by William the Bloody

Angela Carter’s stylish, erotic, often witty transformations of classic fairy tales are a central point of interest for those who study contemporary Gothic, and paranormal romance in particular (where motifs and plots from fairy tale are often metamorphosed in ways … Continue reading →

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She-wolves in Reformation Germany

Posted on 26th May 2015 by firekrank

Hannah Priest, the editor of She-Wolf: A Cultural History of Female Werewolves (Manchester University Press, 2015), has written an interesting article on the case of the she-wolves of Jülich for History Today. She analyses a newspaper article about these female werewolves and … Continue reading →

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