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Gothic Times 26 October 2019
In the opening decades of the twenty-first century, with Trump in the White House and Brexit on the horizon, Angela Carter’s famous assertion of 1974 that ‘we live in Gothic times’ has never been more apt. But from the eighteenth … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, OGOM Research
Tagged fairies, Gothic Times, Holly Black, mummies
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Werewolves and Wildness: The Open Graves, Open Minds special issue of Gothic Studies
Reblogged from EUP Blog, 8 July 2019 The first issue of Gothic Studies published by EUP is also the first ever issue devoted to werewolves. In the twenty-first century, the era of late capitalism, new werewolf myths have emerged from our cultural … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Gothic Studies, OGOM, Werewolves, wildness
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Book Review: Elizabeth von Arnim, Vera
As you may know from previous posts, I have been tracing the genetic mutations from which the genre of paranormal romance arose by looking at an earlier manifestation, Gothic romance (or romantic suspense). This genre flourished from about the 1940s … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, Reviews
Tagged Daphne du Maurier, Elizabeth von Arnim, Genre, Gothic romance, Paranormal romance, The Brontës, Wuthering Heights
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935) and OGOM 2020
Next year will be the tenth anniversary of the OGOM Project. Sam and I are working on something very special and magical for our celebrations and 2020 conference. All will be revealed soon but some of our background research involved … Continue reading
Posted in Film Clips, OGOM Research
Tagged art, Faerie, fairies, Gothic, Max Reinhardt, Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck, Shakespeare, Victorian
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Werewolves and Wildness
Woo hoo we’re excited to announce that OGOM’s Dr Sam George and Dr Bill Hughes have edited the first ever issue of Gothic Studies on werewolves and it is out now from Edinburgh University Press: ‘Werewolves and Wildness’ 21.1 (May … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, OGOM Research, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Werewolves, Wild children, wildness, Wolves
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Glenarvon, Polidori, and Gothic Romance
OGOM’s recent symposium, ‘Some curious disquiet’: Polidori, the Byronic vampire, and its progeny‘ was a huge success and we’d like to thank again everyone who made it possible, form the brilliant speakers to the very supportive visitors and the staff … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged Byron, Byronic hero, Genre, Glenarvon, Gothic novel, Gothic romance, John Polidori, Lady Caroline Lamb, Paranormal romance, Vampires
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Demon Lovers, Crime, and the Gothic at Bath Spa
I had a great time yesterday at Bath Spa University giving a presentation on the evolution of the Demon Lover in Gothic Romance and paranormal romance. I was invited by my doppelgänger Prof. Bill Hughes and heard a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, OGOM: Polidori Symposium
Tagged crime, demon lovers, Gothic, Gothic romance, John Polidori, Paranormal romance, Vampires
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Deviant Burial of ‘Vampire’ Child in C15th Italy
I am mapping ‘deviant’ burials for a piece I am writing on Wharram Percy, the medieval English village that mutilated its own dead, including many women and children. Whatever these people believed eventually took hold completely and led to them … Continue reading
OGOM: Spectral St Albans Hallowe’en Tour – booking now
OGOM is proud to announce a special Supernatural St Albans Hallowe’en Tour. We will be exploring the magical and spectral history of Hertfordshire’s finest gothic city. The event is informed by the research we carried out for our ‘Urban Weird‘ … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Gothic Hertfordshire, OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged dragons, Ghosts, gothic Hertfordshire, Halloween, St Albans, wicca, witches
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