Tag Archives: poetry
Night of the Gorgeous Goth Girls–again!!
This poem was meant as a light-hearted celebration of all things Gothic, and of scholars and students in the field. I crammed in as many tropes, archetypes, characters, and clichés as I could, torturously straining the rhymes on the rack. … Continue reading
Happy Walpurgisnacht!
I know I’ve posted this previously, but I made some slight changes and additions–my poem celebrating OGOM and Gothic Studies and general witchiness: Night of the Gorgeous Goth Girls: A Paranormal Romance. (for Sam George, Alison Younger, and their students … Continue reading
Reworking Myth and Fairytale in YA Literature–Again!
If you visit this site often, you’ll know that many of the Gothic and fantastic narratives that OGOM research involve reworkings and rewritings of fairy tales or myths. The transformations and interminglings of genre involved fascinate me on a formal … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Lists, Reviews
Tagged adaptation, Children's literature, fairy tale, Greek myth, Intertextuality, myth, Norse myth, poetry, YA Fiction
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CFP: The Shelley Conference, Institute for English Studies, London, 15 September 2017
Call for papers for a one-day conference on Percy Bysse Shelley and Mary Shelley: This one-day conference, held at the Institute for English Studies in central London, and supported by the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York, celebrates … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, poetry, Romanticism
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Angela Carter and Christopher Frayling
Some more resources on the ever-fascinating Angela Carter here. There’s a (not entirely enthusiastic) review by Kate Webb in the TLS of Sir Christopher Frayling’s recent collection of essays, Inside the Bloody Chamber: On Angela Carter, the Gothic, and Other … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Resources
Tagged Angela Carter, Christopher Frayling, Gothic, poetry, radio drama
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Fairy Tale Review
I’ve recently been following this journal, Fairy Tale Review, on Twitter; it looks a valuable source for all those interested in fairy tale and in fiction or poetry derived from that genre. I’ve added a permanent link on the Blogroll … Continue reading
Some aural and visual delights to feed your Gothic needs …
Quite a few excellent sources have recently been posted on the OGOM Facebook page. For those of you who are not Facebookers, I thought I would collect them together for your delight, delectation, and education. Firstly there is this useful … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Critical thoughts
Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Gothic, Gothic novel, poetry, popular culture, TV, Vampires
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How Did I Choose Me My Witchcraft Kin? My Past and Future in Witches
‘My Nannie says I’m a child of sin. How did I choose me my witchcraft kin?’ (Waterhouse, ‘The Magic Circle’, 1886, thanks to Janette for this) I found myself in the north of England at the weekend for the Gothic … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged botany, Children's literature, Folklore, poetry, witches
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Spectral Visions: The Creative Journey
The Spectral Visions group of Gothic researchers at the University of Sunderland have started a new blog to document their creative activities. Dr Alison Younger and Jenah Colledge very kindly asked me to contribute, so I’ve written a frivolous Walpurgisnacht … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Resources
Tagged Goth subculture, Gothic, Gothic novel, poetry
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Ivan Phillips, ‘The Lycanthrope;
Ivan Phillips, of the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Creative Arts, has been involved with the OGOM Project from the beginning. He has written a powerful poem about werewolves here: The Lycanthrope Hypocrisy is woven of a fine small thread, … Continue reading