Tag Archives: Gothic

Are haunted houses the new vampires?

Posted on 25th October 2015 by firekrank

In yesterday’s paper there was a very interesting article by Sarah Hughes entitled ‘Out with vampires, in with haunted houses: the ghost story is back’. Now whilst I do not wish to see the true death of my favourite revenants, … Continue reading →

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Jekyll and Hyde starting tonight

Posted on 25th October 2015 by firekrank

Now is the winter of my discontent (yes, I know I am misquoting terribly) in part due to the saturation of sports showing on my television screen. However, I am looking forward to watching ITV’s Jekyll and Hyde tonight at 6.30pm. The … Continue reading →

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Carmilla Web Series

Posted on 20th October 2015 by firekrank

During a quick Halloween inspired Pinterest session, I stumbled across a web series called ‘Carmilla’ (2014 – ?) based on the novel of the same name by Sheridan Le Fanu. The sapphic undercurrents of the original text are laid bare in … Continue reading →

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CFP – Reflected Shadows: Folklore and the Gothic

Posted on 20th October 2015 by firekrank

Kingston University are holding a joint conference with The Folklore Society on the 15th – 17th April 2016. They have released a CFP and require the abstracts in by the 31st December 2015. The subject matter is incredibly fruitful and … Continue reading →

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David Punter’s The Gothic Condition (2016)

Posted on 18th October 2015 by firekrank

I’m very excited with the announcement of The Gothic Condition: Terror, History and the Psyche (2016) which will be published next year. It is a collection of fourteen of David Punter’s most recent essays. Punter is one of the most well-known and … Continue reading →

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Del Toro’s Crimson Peak – The reviews are in …

Posted on 16th October 2015 by firekrank

From the first moment I saw the trailer to the delightful interview with Tom Hiddleston in which he announced he went full-nude to redress the sexist imbalance regarding nudity in film, I have been thoroughly excited about Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson … Continue reading →

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) – The Movie

Posted on 16th October 2015 by firekrank

For fans of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009), the mash-up novel by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith which features a critique of manners and the annihilation of the undead hordes, the official trailer for the movie version has been released. Judging … Continue reading →

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Maria Cohut, ‘Review: Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright’

Posted on 16th October 2015 by William the Bloody

Chris Riddel’s Goth Girl books are great fun, appealing to both young people and older people versed in literary knowledge. They’re wittily, pleasurably intertextual. Maria Cohut of the University of Warwick has written an enticing review here on the latest … Continue reading →

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An Exploration of Eighteenth Century and Victorian Gothic Literature Displays With the Exhibition Curators

Posted on 16th October 2015 by William the Bloody

If you not yet seen the fabulous Darkness and Light Exhibition on Gothic culture at the John Rylands Library in Manchester, do go if you can. But why not go along to this event on 23 October (15.00-16.00) and see … Continue reading →

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Various CFPs: October 2015

Posted on 16th October 2015 by William the Bloody

There are a few CFPs for conferences and publications nearing their deadline, so I’m bundling them together on this page: Domestic Entanglements in the Works of Joss Whedon (Edited Collection) (Deadline: 1 Nov 2015) Call for Papers Haunted Europe: Continental … Continue reading →

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