Tag Archives: Gothic

The Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole

Posted on 7th October 2014 by William the Bloody

Some beautiful images from the British Library’s edition of the founding Gothic novel, Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto (1765).

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Gothic Origins: Film, Fiction and History

Posted on 7th October 2014 by William the Bloody

A very useful compilation of articles from Routledge journals on the Gothic. Unfortunately, the free access to these ended in September, but still worth looking at.

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CFP: Posthuman Gothic (Published Collection) – Call for Chapters

Posted on 7th October 2014 by William the Bloody

Chapters requested for a collection on posthuman Gothic.

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Gothic Manchester Festival 2014, 23rd-26th October 2014, Manchester

Posted on 7th October 2014 by William the Bloody

A fabulous set of events, covering all things Gothic, at MMU’s Gothic Manchester Festival

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Gothic Spaces / Gothic Places, 25th October 2014, Manchester Metropolitan University

Posted on 7th October 2014 by William the Bloody

A great conference at MMU relating the Gothic and spatiality, part of MMU’s Gothic Festival. Catherine Spooner, who has contributed much to the OGOM project, will be speaking: ‘This day conference brings together some of the UK’s foremost gothic scholars … Continue reading →

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Sideways in Time: Alternate History and Counterfactual Narratives – March 30-31, 2015, Liverpool

Posted on 7th October 2014 by William the Bloody

An exciting conference at the University of Liverpool that embraces fantasy, SF, steampunk, and–I’m sure Gothic and the Undead: ‘Sideways in Time is an Alternate History Conference to be held at the University of Liverpool – in association with Lancaster … Continue reading →

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Prof. Nick Groom on the Gothic

Posted on 5th October 2014 by William the Bloody

On BBC 6 Music, you can hear Cerys Matthews, with Professor Nick Groom talking on the Gothic.

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Which Gothic literary character are you?

Posted on 5th October 2014 by William the Bloody

Some light-hearted fun. I was Rebecca de Winter! Take the quiz here.

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Some interesting YA and the Gothic texts …

Posted on 4th October 2014 by firekrank

Apologies for the least inspired title for a post ever hopefully the ellipsis adds a sense of anticipation. (I fear it doesn’t). During my trawls of the internet, in which I use Twitter and Google Alerts like a whale uses … Continue reading →

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Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination

Posted on 2nd October 2014 by Admin

A suitably eerie trailer for the Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination exhibition at the British Library, opening tomorrow (3 October 2014).

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