Tag Archives: horror

In defence of horror

A stimulating essay by Darryl Jones on the literary tradition of horror, which is not confined to the Gothic mode but appears in Greek tragedy. Shakespeare, and even James Joyce.

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CFP: Workshop on Dracula, Conference Education and Culture, Romania, June 2015

CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS: Workshop WHERE’S THE PLACE OF DRACULA: (DE)CONSTRUCTING STEREOTYPES IN THE STUDY OF THE MYTHICAL SPACE IN LITERATURE AND THE ARTS part of the International Conference Beliefs and Behaviours in Education and Culture, West University of Timișoara, … Continue reading

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Franklin Gregory, The White Wolf (1941)

A new edition of Franklin Gregory’s werewolf novel, The White Wolf (1941), from the excellent independent publisher, Valancourt Books, who have made available a great range of neglected Gothic texts.

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CFP: E-Gothic: Assemblage and Anxiety in the Networked World

A CFP for an edited collection,  E-Gothic: Assemblage and Anxiety in the Networked World, which will ‘explore and interrogate the Internet as a new, crucial medium for the culture of terror. The  ‘web’ is an anarchic zone in which new … Continue reading

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