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Author Archives: Sam George
Travels in Transylvania: Bram Stoker’s Ambiguous Legacy
Last week I was in Romania at the University of Timisoara for the Beliefs and Behaviours in Education and Culture conference. My keynote was on the representation of Romanian folklore in British and Irish fictions of the undead. Stoker never travelled … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Critical thoughts, OGOM News, Reviews
Tagged Dracula, Folklore, Romania
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Folk Horror: Blood Sucking Vampire Goat Terrorises Village
Following my recent post on folk horror and the appearance earlier this year of the Hull Werewolf Old Stinker, who sparked a folk panic in the UK, stories are breaking that a legendary Chupacabra has been caught and killed in the Ukraine … Continue reading
Posted in News, OGOM News, Reviews
Tagged chupacabra, Folk Horror, Folklore, vampiric goat
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Folk Horror for Beginners
I am increasingly intrigued by ‘folk horror’ and it was one of the sections in the British Library’s Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination exhibition that I spent longest pondering over. The BFI’s recent article is a must read therefore, … Continue reading
Generation Dead: Students Respond to YA Gothics
My level six undergraduate module Generation Dead: Young Adult Fiction and the Gothic has featured heavily on the blog since its beginnings in 2014. The module was inspired by my research for OGOM and the students have been engaging with the … Continue reading
Enter the Gothspeare: Shakespeare and the Witchcraft Trials
Shakespeare’s writing career began as the witch trials reached their peak in the 1580s and 1590s. It is interesting to speculate as to what personal experience or knowledge of the trials he might have had and to make a relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged gothic shakespeare, Professor Owen Davies, witchcraft trials, witches
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Reimagining the Gothic: Gothic Research Award
I am just sharing this news from the Centre for the History of the Gothic as it involves one of my students Daisy. I supervised Daisy’s dissertation and am looking forward to seeing her progress on the ‘Reading the Vampire’ … Continue reading
The Unheimlich Manoeuvre : Uncanny Short Stories Out Soon
Here are the details of a new book by Tracy Fahey who will be a big part of the OGOM Books of Blood project next year. Looking forward to working with you Tracy! THE UNHEIMLICH MANOEUVRE A collection by Tracy … Continue reading
British Gothic: Penny Dreadful
Critical Survey is edited by Bryan Loughery and Graham Holderness of the University of Hertfordshire. The journal currently has a very interesting special issue out entitled ‘British Gothic: Penny Dreadful’ (Vol 28. Issue 1, 2016). A list of the essays is … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, OGOM Research, Publications, Resources
Tagged penny dreadfuls, Victorian Gothic
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Accio! Harry Potter in his Thirties
Photographs have been revealed of the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Jamie Parker plays the grown up Harry Potter now in his thirties and his wife Ginny is played by Poppy Miller. The ‘cursed child’ of the … Continue reading
Top Ten Shapeshifters – The Retro Version
In response to The Guardian’s Top Ten Shapeshifters in Fiction (which is very noughties) and Kaja’s lively alternative list, I am posting my own top ten which is a little bit more retro! A shapeshifter is usually understood to be … Continue reading