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Tag Archives: Fairy tales
CFPs: SF inequality, Twin Peaks, Georgette Heyer, Through the Looking-Glass, Oceans, The Exorcist, fairy tales, reviewers
Calls for papers for conferences and journals: 1. The Future of/as Inequality, Science Fiction Research Association (Virtual) Annual Conference 2021, 18-21 June 2021. Deadline: 1 May 2021. The Science Fiction Research Association invites proposals for its 2021 annual conference, to … Continue reading
Gothic Fairies conference – new plenaries
We are beyond excited to announce that we have two more very special plenary speakers for OGOM’s online Gothic Fairies conference, ‘Ill met by moonlight’: Gothic encounters with enchantment and the Faerie realm in literature and culture, on 8-11 April … Continue reading
CFPs: Hans Andersen, fairy tales, The Vampire Diaries
Despite everything, research goes on and there are some calls for submissions here that have come to our attention. 1. The Swan’s Egg: A Student Journal of Hans Christian Andersen Studies. Deadline: 15 January 2021 The editors of The Swan’s Egg invite … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged Fairy tales, Fantasy, Gothic, Hans Christian Andersen, SF, speculative fiction, The Vampire Diaries, TV, Vampires
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Resources: Fairies, fairy tales, YA and children’s literature, preternature
We’ve added some useful links to various resources from the website. These appear in the Related Links and Journals sections on the right-hand side of the Blog and Resources pages. The International Fairy-Tale Filmography is a fantastic database of film … Continue reading
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Tagged Aarne-Thompson-Uther, adaptation, Children's literature, fairies, Fairy tales, Film, journals, YA literature
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YA Gothic, fairytale retellings, demon lovers, mermaids and Scottish myths
Here’s a selection of interesting articles on OGOM-related topics. First, an article on YA Gothic with some recommended novels in the genre. Much of our research has focused on these texts–they are often more adventurous than their adult counterpart, especially … Continue reading
Fairy Tales: Form and Language, PC Princesses
We at OGOM are fascinated by fairy tales, and there are many posts on the blog about them. My own research has been looking generally at how genres collide and intermingle to create new genres such as Paranormal Romance; in … Continue reading
Posted in Resources
Tagged Angela Carter, education, Fairy tales, Feminism, Folklore, formula, Genre, Grimm brothers, Language, linguistics, motifs, political correctness, sexism
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Big Bad Humans and Benevolent Wolves
Followers of OGOM will know that we have been at the forefront of debates around the cultural representation of the wolf since the Company of Wolves Conference in 2015. We went on to collaborate more fully with the UK Wolf … Continue reading
Happy Hallowe’en with Betty Boop
Happy Hallowe’en to all from OGOM. What a fabulous party this is! Don’t forget to book for the free Being Human: Redeeming the Wolf event on 18 November 2017–tickets here!
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Tagged animality, eco-Gothic, Fairy tales, humanism, Werewolves, Wolves, YA literature
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Fairy Tales and Medieval Latin Literature
There’s a new book from the University of Michigan Press by Jan M. Ziolkowski, Fairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales: The Medieval Latin Past of Wonderful Lies which traces the connections between the classic tales of Grimm, Andersen, and so on, and … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles
Tagged Fairy tales, Grimms, Hans Christian Andersen, Latin literature, medieval literature, orality
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