Tag Archives: Company of Wolves

Angela Carter: Wolves and other beasts

Posted on 11th October 2016 by William the Bloody

I won’t apologise for another post on the brilliant Angela Carter! This is an excellent article by Kat Ellinger on the wonderful Neil Jordan/Angela Carter collaboration The Company of Wolves. It shows how the source material of the film derives … Continue reading →

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Werewolves and Wildness: OGOM Publication News

Posted on 22nd September 2016 by Sam George

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 →

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Saint Death: 2017 The Year of Mexican Gothic

Posted on 21st September 2016 by Sam George

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 →

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OGOM Company of Wolves: The Book

Posted on 19th September 2016 by Sam George

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 →

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Wolves in the Asylum at the Wellcome

Posted on 17th September 2016 by Sam George

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 →

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Hull Werewolf Old Stinker Inspires Research Paper

Posted on 2nd September 2016 by Sam George

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 →

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The Wolf: BBC Radio 4 Natural Histories Programme

Posted on 27th July 2016 by Sam George

Brett Westwood meets a wolf and considers the role of the wolf in our culture in this BBC Radio 4 Natural Histories programme which also features OGOM Company of Wolves plenary Garry Marvin and the UK Wolf Trust which we … Continue reading →

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The People Seeking the Company of Wolves

Posted on 25th May 2016 by Sam George

Anyone involved in academia will know of the importance of impact and on 8th June I will be speaking about the Open Graves, Open Minds project at the Public Engagement with Research Conference 2016 (Prince Edward Lecture Hall, University of … Continue reading →

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Why I believe in the story of ‘Old Stinker’ the Hull Werewolf

Posted on 18th May 2016 by Sam George

Sabine Baring-Gould claims that ‘English folklore is singularly barren of werewolf stories , the reason being that wolves had been extirpated from England under the Anglo Saxon kings, and therefore ceased to be the object of dread to the people’ … Continue reading →

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Paranormal Romance: Notes towards a definition II

Posted on 23rd February 2016 by William the Bloody

Continuing my tentative exploration of the hybrid, shape-shifting nature of the genre of paranormal romance below, here’s an extract from my plenary talk at the Company of Wolves conference. I hope you find this interesting and helpful (there are references … Continue reading →

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