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Tag Archives: Frankenstein
Out today! (1 October 2024) OGOM Project’s new book, The Legacy of John Polidori: The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny
The Legacy of John Polidori: The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny, ed. by Dr Sam George and Dr Bill Hughes Out now from Manchester University Press. This collection of essays begins with a Forward, ‘Poldori Revisited’, by the pioneer of … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, OGOM Research
Tagged Anne Rice, Byron, Frankenstein, Glenarvon, Gothic tourism, Haitian Revolution, John Polidori, Lady Caroline Lamb, Mary Shelley, Neil Jordan, phantasmagoria, Romanticism, spiritualism, the Uncanny, The Vampyre, tuberculosis, Twilight, Vampires
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CFPs and Events: Consuming Gothic, Scottish literature, folk horror, Frankenstein, fungal Gothic, monsters
Some forthcoming CFPs (conferences and edited collection) and events: 1. CFP: ‘Consuming the Gothic’ Conference University of Sheffield and online, 29 November 2023. Deadline 21 August 2023. How is consumption reflected in Gothic literature, film, and art? Is it always … Continue reading
A Gothic Cookbook: Celebrating food and drink across the best of the genre
Guest post by Ella Buchan, the Cookbook’s co-author Has devouring Dracula ever made you hungry? Perhaps Daphne du Maurier’s descriptions of revoltingly lavish afternoon teas in Rebecca have you craving crumpets, or Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein causes you to ponder the … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles
Tagged Angela Carter, cookery, Dracula, Frankenstein, Gothic food, Rebecca, Shirley Jackson
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Corporeal Creations: Bodily Figurations of Creativity, Online Workshop – 24 March 2021
You are warmly invited to attend the forthcoming workshop “Corporeal Creations: Bodily Figurations of Creativity,” to be held online via Zoom at Tübingen University on 24 March 2021. Please see the program below. The workshop will examine medieval and post-medieval … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged Frankenstein, John Gower, medieval literature, Milton, Monsters, poetics, robots, Sidney, Vampires, William Scott
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CFP: Corporeal Creations: Bodily Figurations of Creativity, online workshop, 24 March 2021
Zoom symposium, the Department of English, Tübingen University From John Gower’s account of Robert Grosseteste’s construction of a talking head to George Herbert’s depiction of the heart as a place for divine encounters; from Ben Jonson’s pride in his literary … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged body, creativity, Frankenstein, medieval, post-medieval
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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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Frankenstein: essays and 1910 film
A bit behind with blogging, so quite a few Frankenstein items have accumulated (it being, as I’m sure you’ll know, the 200th anniversary of the novel’s publication). First, a brief discussion, with some very useful links, of the claim by … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged art, Film, Frankenstein, Ireland, Mary Shelley, moral philosophy, morality, science, science fiction
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Frankenstein Vs Dracula: Battle of the Books
Thanks to all those who attended the Monsters We Deserve: Dracula Vs Frankenstein events with myself and Marcus Sedgwick at Edinburgh International Book Festival and at Conway Hall in London. Frankenstein won both rounds but Marcus and I drew 1-1 in … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News
Tagged Dr Sam George, Dracula, Frankenstein, Marcus Sedgwick, The Monsters We Deserve
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CFP: Dolls, Robots, Automatons – The Artificial Body in Global Culture
At the IGA, the following CFP was brought to my attention. It looks to be incredibly interesting: ‘Dolls, Robots, Automatons – The Artificial Body in Global Culture International conference celebrating the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein. 3rd to 5th December, 2018, … Continue reading
The Monsters We Deserve Tuesday 4th September
To celebrate the publication of The Monsters We Deserve, a fascinating reappraisal of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Marcus Sedgwick and Dr Sam George go head to head in the gothic battle of the books Frankenstein versus Dracula Chaired by writer, editor and translator Daniel Hahn. Venue: Conway … Continue reading