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CFPs: Fairy tales and fantasy, The Neverending Story, theology, vampires, Asian Gothic, women and Satanism
Quite a few calls here for journal articles and chapters in edited collections. 1. CFP: Fairy Tales and Fantasy Fiction / Contes de fées et Fantasy, Fantasy Art and Studies journal. Deadline: 25 October 2021 (in French or English) For … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged Asian Gothic, fairytale, Fantasy, Feminism, popular culture, religion, Satanism, teaching, The Neverending Story, theology, Vampires, Victorian literature
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CFPs and Events: Frankenstein, Buffy, horror, hauntology, 1980s, death and the sacred
Quite a few calls for papers and articles here. We’ve also added two new useful links – Gothic Feminism and the journal Thinking Horror. 1. Call for articles: Deadline Extended till 15 April 2019 – Irish Journal of Gothic and … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, CFP (Conferences)
Tagged 1980s, Feminism, Frankenstein, Gothic, hauntology, horror, religion
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CFPs: Vampires, Gothic feminism, zombies, youth horror, creative work
A set of conference CFPs and call for articles: 1. Academic Vampire Conference: Hammer, Highgate, and the Vampire, 10-13 July 2019, Lauderdale House, Highgate Village. Deadline: 3 May 2019. The University of South Wales, in association with the IVFAF, calls … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, CFP (Conferences)
Tagged Female Gothic, Feminism, horror, technology, Vampires, women, YA Fiction, Zombies
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Twilight: feminism and fandom
It’s the ten-year anniversary of the first film of Stephenie Meyers’s Twilight series (Twilight, dir. by Catherine Hardwicke), the YA vampire paranormal romance which became a sensation. Both book and film, and the adulation both received, attracted much criticism, often … Continue reading
Mermaids: ballads, novels, films
Mermaids and related creatures such as sirens and selkies have a perennial appeal; we at OGOM love them and they have featured in quite a few posts here. There may be deep Freudian reasons for our fascination but we’re certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged ballads, bisexuality, Feminism, gender, mermaids, sexuality, Siren
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Fairy Tales: art, essays, and resources
Some more interesting links on fairy tales: Margaret Carrigan, in ‘What Can Fairy Tales Tell Us About Today? Two Video Artists Offer Modern Takes‘, reviews the video art of Ericka Beckman and Marianna Simnett, showing at London’s Zabludowicz Collection through … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, exhibitions, Resources
Tagged adaptation, art, fairy tale, Feminism, Genre, Gothic, Grimm brothers, Mary de Morgan, Pre-Raphaelit, Rana Dasgupta, suffragette, video
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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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CFP: Northern Osmosis: Literary Viscosity as Material Solidarity, 11-13 April 2019, Simon Fraser University
This is a CFP for a lab on viscosity at IONA: Early Medieval Studies on the Islands of the North Atlantic transformative networks, skills, theories, and methods for the future of the field. The IONA conference is held 11-13 April … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged blood, Early Medieval, eco-materialism, Feminism, Old English, viscosity
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CFPs: Angela Carter, Lewis Carroll and George MacDonald, Contemporary Gothic
Some more calls for papers and articles here: Ludics & Laughter as Feminist Aesthetic: Angela Carter at Play ‘Salman Rushdie famously called Carter a “one-off.” In this international collection of essays, we will consider that ludics and laughter contribute to … Continue reading
The Northern YA Literary Festival: Holly Black, Samantha Shannon, Alwyn Hamilton
The Northern YA Literary Festival is hosted by the University of Central Lancashire at Preston, 24 March 2018. This looks a great event: the wonderful Holly Black (probably my favourite author in YA paranormal romance) being interviewed by Samantha Shannon … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged Alwyn Hamilton, Fantasy, Feminism, Holly Black, Paranormal romance, publishing, Samantha Shannon, YA literature
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