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Author Archives: Sam George
Young Adult Classes about Werewolves
As we have just begun the Generation Dead module which includes some werewolf texts and following the sad demise of Alan Rickman I thought I’d post a link to Severus Snape teaching the dark arts class about werewolves. It seems … Continue reading
OGOM: YA Fiction and the Gothic
I’ve given a lot of thought to the titles I want to teach on my ‘Generation Dead: YA Fiction and the Gothic’ module but it is hard not to become overwhelmed once you start looking at lists and series. Most … Continue reading
The stars will look very different tonight
“your face, your race, the way that you talk. I kiss you, you’re beautiful, I want you to walk” Goodnight Star Man x
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Generation Dead: Young Adult Fiction and the Gothic – Starts Jan 18th
My Young Adult Fiction and the Gothic module ‘Generation Dead’ begins on January 18th. The students are going to be following the blog and attending the workshops described below: All over the country in the world of young adult fiction … Continue reading
CFP Disconnected Forms: Narratives of the Fractured Self @DisConnnectForms
This original and pertinent conference is organised by PhD students Sandie Mills and Gul Dag at the University of Hull. OGOM regular Dr Catherine Spooner is one of the plenaries and her paper ‘Asylum Chic or What to Wear to … Continue reading
When the Sun Stands Still
We are gong to be posting a fair amount of material on YA fiction and the Gothic over the next few weeks whilst the Generation Dead module is running and I wanted to begin with this story for the Winter … Continue reading
Inviting Vampires into the Academy
I finished teaching MA ‘Reading the Vampire: Science, Sexuality and Alterity in Modern Culture’ yesterday (see tab for ‘Undead Studies’ above) with a pertinent session on folklore and fiction. The course is designed to come full circle visiting the monstrous … Continue reading
Supernatural Cities CFP @imaginetheurban
Many of you will remember the fabulous research seminar by Dr Karl Bell on Spring-Heeled Jack: and this conference has developed out of Karl’s supernatural cities project. I like the Baudelaire and Benjamin aspect of the CFP and the symposium … Continue reading
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Tagged Ghosts, supernatural, supernatural creatures, urban gothic
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Happy New Year OGOMERS
Happy New Year OGOMERS everywhere!! Thanks for following us this year and for your company at Company of Wolves!!
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Talking Trees and Unsettling Sensibilities
I came across Lars Ostenfeld’s unsettling adaptation of Han’s Andersen’s The Fir Tree (Danish: Grantræet) on the BBC iPlayer today. The tale was first published with ‘The Snow Queen’ on 21st December 1844. The story is narrated by the tree … Continue reading