Tag Archives: Gothic

Suzanne Burdon, ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the birth of modern science’

Posted on 25th January 2015 by William the Bloody

A stimulating discussion of the attitude towards science in Mary Shelley’s Fankenstein: Mary Shelley wrote ‘Frankenstein’ when she was just 18, and it is often read as a gothic horror story and prophetic warning about the dangers of taking science … Continue reading →

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Spine-chillers and suspense: A timeline of Gothic fiction

Posted on 24th January 2015 by William the Bloody

This is a concise but excellent timeline of the origins and development of Gothic fiction by the OGOM collaborator Catherine Spooner. It’s a very useful resource for anyone interested in Gothic culture, and we’ve also added it in the Related … Continue reading →

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UH Gothic Reading Group: First Session of 2015 – ‘In the Flesh’

Posted on 24th January 2015 by Sam George

The UH Gothic Reading Group is starting again in early Feb…why read about it when you can be there in the flesh! Find out how below…… First Session of 2015 – ‘In the Flesh’.

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Nominations sought: The Allan Lloyd Smith Memorial Prize

Posted on 20th January 2015 by William the Bloody

In 2011, as a memorial to its founding President Dr Allan Lloyd Smith (1945-2010), the International Gothic Association established a prize to be awarded for a scholarly publication considered to have advanced the field of Gothic studies significantly. For the … Continue reading →

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CFP: Victorian Authenticity & Artifice, 13-15 July 2015, Senate House, London

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

A conference by the Victorian Popular Literature Association. There is certainly room for work on fiction of the undead and other allied and suitably Gothic themes in popular literature. The organisers invite a broad, imaginative and interdisciplinary interpretation of the … Continue reading →

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Stephanie Gallon: An Interview with Dr Dale Townshend

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

Stephanie Gallon, from the Spectral Visions group at the University of Sunderland, conducts a fascinating interview with Dr Dale Townshend, Stirling University. Dale is an expert on the Romantic Gothic and the Gothic aspects of Shakespeare and is also the … Continue reading →

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Call for Submissions — Spectral Visions: Grim Fairy Tales

Posted on 9th January 2015 by William the Bloody

Spectral Visions Press are calling for literary work in the mode of the Gothic fairy tale for their anthology, Spectral Visions: Grim Fairy Tales. I may have forgotten to post this before, but there is still time to submit short … Continue reading →

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Review of British Library Gothic Study Day

Posted on 8th January 2015 by firekrank

I’m starting this year by looking backwards towards the end of last year which seems oddly suitable as a scholar of the Gothic. Early in December 2014, though it seems longer ago, I attended the Gothic Study Day at the … Continue reading →

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Alexandra Campbell, ‘Review: Reading Vampire Gothic Through Blood: Bloodlines’

Posted on 21st December 2014 by William the Bloody

Alexandra Campbell, PhD student at the University of Glasgow, succinctly reviews here what looks to be an essential contribution to the critical literature on the vampire in literature and other media: Aspasia Stephanou’s book, Reading Vampire Gothic Through Blood: Bloodlines, … Continue reading →

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Dale Townshend, ‘Review of Elisabeth Bronfen’s Night Passages: Philosophy, Literature, Film’

Posted on 21st December 2014 by William the Bloody

Dale Townshend, University of Stirling, gives a thoughtfully analytical review of Elisabeth Bronfen’s Night Passages: Philosophy, Literature, Film, which itself looks a very interesting exploration of Gothic themes, in particular the image of Night, as the underside of Enlightenment in … Continue reading →

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