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Tag Archives: Daisy Butcher
Halloween Online Talks and Seminars, October 2024
Sam George is presenting a Halloween talk on her research into the mythical origins of the Pied Piper, Dracula and Nosferatu, as part of the Literature Research Seminar at the University of Hertfordshire. All are welcome. Abstract: This talk will … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM Research
Tagged Daisy Butcher, Dr Sam George, Dracula, Folklore, George MacDonald, Halloween, nosferatu, online talks, Pied Piper, Plant horror, Rat Kings
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Congratulations Daisy
Congratulations to OGOM’s Daisy Butcher who has submitted her PhD thesis today: ‘Monsters of (In)fertility: The Plant-Woman and the Female Mummy in Victorian Gothic Literature’. Daisy has been a joy to supervise & a huge asset to OGOM. She has … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged botanical Gothic, Daisy Butcher, Evil Roots, Female mummies, Feminism, mermaids, selkies
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A Spooky True Story for Halloween with a Hertfordshire link
A short article by Daisy Butcher ‘The Death of Marie Emily ‘Netta’ Fornario in 1929′ Marie Emily ‘Netta’ Fornario was born in 1897 in Cairo to an Italian doctor and English mother. Her mother died while she was still an … Continue reading
Posted in Gothic Hertfordshire, OGOM Research
Tagged Daisy Butcher, fairies, Fornario, Golden Dawn, gothic Hertfordshire, Paranormal
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Gothic Hybridity: Ambiguous Creatures and Ambivalent Morals
The IGA conference 2018 gets underway in Manchester, UK, in just 3 days time. It’s a really important and exciting date in the goth calendar. The conference runs from July 31st to 3rd August. You can view the full programme here. … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Events, OGOM Research
Tagged Bill Hughes, Daisy Butcher, IGA Manchester, Kaja Franck, OGOM, Sam George
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Stranger Things: Flower-Headed Monsters
New addition to OGOM doctoral studies, Daisy Butcher, has just published an interesting article in the Medical Health and Humanities Journal entitled ‘Stranger Things: Maternal Body Horror’ The monster in Stranger Things, the demogorgon, who resides in the ‘Upside Down’ that … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, OGOM Research
Tagged Daisy Butcher, Orchid symbolism, plant monsters, stranger Things
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Daisy Butcher: OGOM Doctoral Student
I am just posting to say that OGOM has a new PhD student in Daisy Butcher. Some of you may have met Daisy at the Company of Wolves conference where she was one of our key helpers. She has since … Continue reading