Tag Archives: Gothic

Review of Mark Bruce’s ‘Dracula’

Posted on 20th December 2014 by firekrank

At the end of November, I treated myself and a friend to a performance of Mark Bruce’s Dracula. It is a sign of the how good the reviews had been that I was willing to trek from South-West London to North-East London to … Continue reading →

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Review of Witches and Wicked Bodies exhibition at the British Museum

Posted on 20th December 2014 by firekrank

Last Monday, I decided to treat myself to the Witches and Wicked Bodies exhibition at the British Museum. It was my kind of treat because it covers a subject matter of much interest to me and it was also free. The exhibition … Continue reading →

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Marina Warner, ‘How fairytales grew up’

Posted on 15th December 2014 by William the Bloody

More from the always-insightful Marina Warner on the fairy tale and its transformations and adaptations. Here, the essay revolves around Disney’s Frozen to encompass the many variations, dilutions, and intensifications of the original folk motifs through the ages.

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Studies in Gothic Fiction, 3.2 (2014)

Posted on 6th December 2014 by William the Bloody

The latest issue of Studies in Gothic Fiction (3.2), edited by Enrique Ajuria Ibarra, is now available on line and is dedicated to Latin American Gothic.

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OGOM Company of Wolves CFP – Beyond excited to announce this!

Posted on 19th November 2014 by Sam George

Conference, University of Hertfordshire, Sept 3rd-5th 2015: Call for Papers and Panels OGOM: ‘The Company of Wolves’: Sociality, Animality, and Subjectivity in Literary and Cultural Narratives—Werewolves, Shapeshifters, and Feral Humans Wolves have long been the archetypal enemy of human company, … Continue reading →

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Adam J Smith, ‘A True Accouneit of Sublime Terror and Paranormal Activity’

Posted on 16th November 2014 by William the Bloody

In this amusing and insightful blog entry, Dr Adam Smith muses on the eighteenth-century origins of terror and the sublime while watching the film Paranormal Activity 4, via Daniel Defoe and Ann Radcliffe.

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History at Stake! The Story Behind Vampire Slaying Kits

Posted on 15th November 2014 by William the Bloody

We’ve shown a few pictures of vampire slaying kits on this blog before. Here’s a historical account of them from the British Library, where they have one on display as part of the Terror and Wonder exhibition on Gothic.

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Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night

Posted on 13th November 2014 by William the Bloody

An account of that seminal moment when both Frankenstein and the literary vampire were born; part of BBC4’s season on Gothic. I’ve not watched this yet (not having a TV), but the very erudite Dr Angela Wright of the University … Continue reading →

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Dale Townshend, ‘An introduction to Ann Radcliffe’

Posted on 13th November 2014 by William the Bloody

An excellent and illuminating piece by Dr Dale Townshend, Senior Lecturer in Gothic and Romantic Literature at the University of Stirling, on the work of Ann Radcliffe, one of the pioneers of the Gothic novel.

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CFP: Brave New Worlds: The Dystopia in Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Newcastle University, 29 April 2015

Posted on 13th November 2014 by William the Bloody

Not strictly Gothic, but there’s space to contribute something to this conference, I think: Brave New Worlds: The Dystopia in Modern and Contemporary Fiction The modes of the Gothic and the dystopian often interact, especially in recent YA fiction, where, … Continue reading →

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