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Tag Archives: Gothic romance
Rebellion, treachery, and glamour: Lady Caroline Lamb’s Glenarvon and the Byronic vampire, The Byron Society, 20 April 2022
I was very honoured to be invited by Emily Paterson-Morgan of The Byron Society (@EPatersonMorgan) to give my talk, ‘Rebellion, treachery, and glamour: Lady Caroline Lamb’s Glenarvon and the Byronic vampire’. It’s an expanded version of the talk I gave … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged Byron, demon lovers, Gothic novel, Gothic romance, Lady Caroline Lamb, Paranormal romance
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CFP and Events: Lady Caroline Lamb, Byron, and rebellion
A few related items here, centering on Byron and rebellion and including the Byronic vampire. 1. Rebellion, treachery, and glamour: Lady Caroline Lamb’s Glenarvon and the Byronic vampire, The Byron Society, Art Workers Guild, London, 20 April 2022, 6.30-8.00 pm … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Events
Tagged Byron, Gothic novel, Gothic romance, John Polidori, Lady Caroline Lamb, Paranormal romance, politics, rebellion, Romanticism, Vampires
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Lady Caroline Lamb (13 November 1785–25 January 1828) – Byronic vampires and romance
Lady Caroline Lamb, whose birthday it would have been on 13 November (I’m a bit late!), famously judged Lord Byron ‘Mad, bad, and dangerous’, having had a brief and tempestuous affair with him. This relationship inspired her novel Glenarvon (1816), … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged Byron, Byronic hero, Glenarvon, Gothic romance, Ireland, Lady Caroline Lamb, paramormal romance, Polidori, Vampires
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CFPs, new resources: Gothic Nature, Middle Eastern Gothics, Science Fiction and empire
We recognise this is a very uncertain time and we at OGOM hope everyone is well and safe. Despite the barriers, academic life goes on and we have a few CFPs to advertise, plus some new resources added to the … Continue reading
Book Review: Elizabeth von Arnim, Vera
As you may know from previous posts, I have been tracing the genetic mutations from which the genre of paranormal romance arose by looking at an earlier manifestation, Gothic romance (or romantic suspense). This genre flourished from about the 1940s … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, Reviews
Tagged Daphne du Maurier, Elizabeth von Arnim, Genre, Gothic romance, Paranormal romance, The Brontës, Wuthering Heights
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Glenarvon, Polidori, and Gothic Romance
OGOM’s recent symposium, ‘Some curious disquiet’: Polidori, the Byronic vampire, and its progeny‘ was a huge success and we’d like to thank again everyone who made it possible, form the brilliant speakers to the very supportive visitors and the staff … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged Byron, Byronic hero, Genre, Glenarvon, Gothic novel, Gothic romance, John Polidori, Lady Caroline Lamb, Paranormal romance, Vampires
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Demon Lovers, Crime, and the Gothic at Bath Spa
I had a great time yesterday at Bath Spa University giving a presentation on the evolution of the Demon Lover in Gothic Romance and paranormal romance. I was invited by my doppelgänger Prof. Bill Hughes and heard a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, OGOM: Polidori Symposium
Tagged crime, demon lovers, Gothic, Gothic romance, John Polidori, Paranormal romance, Vampires
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Emily Brontë : bicentennial essays
A few days late, but here are a selection of articles celebrating the bicentenary of Emily Brontë, whose singular 1847 novel Wuthering Heights took the architexts of the Gothic novel and added new psychological depth. It also lay the foundations … Continue reading
IGA2018: Ambiguous Creatures and Ambivalent Morals
A huge thank you to all the organisers of the International Gothic Association 2018 conference, held at Manchester Metropolitan University. And thanks to all who attended OGOM’s Ambiguous Creatures and Ambivalent Morals panel and to all the lovely and inspiring … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged angels, changelings, fairies, Genre, Gothic romance, Hybridity, IGA Manchester, mummies, Paranormal romance, Vampires, YA Gothic
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RIP Gérard Genette (1930-2018)
I am very saddened by the death of Gérard Genette (1930-2018). Genette, for me, was one of most rewarding of French literary theorists. He employed a structuralist methodology but in a way that avoided metaphysical excesses and that never lost … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Genette, Genre, Gothic romance, Intertextuality, narratology
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