Category Archives: Resources

Maria Tatar, ’10 Lesser-Known Fairy Tales That Should Get More Love’

Posted on 10th March 2015 by William the Bloody

Some of these tales I had heard of; others not, and my curiosity has been strongly stirred. The expert on folklore Maria Tatar gives a precis here of a variety of vivid tales from Italy, Japan, West Africa, and elsewhere … Continue reading →

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Vampire Queen Anne Rice and the Sympathetic Vampire (23 Feb 2015) By Ms Leigh McLennon

Posted on 27th February 2015 by William the Bloody

A thoughtful and well-researched blog article on the sympathetic vampire, acknowledging the lesser-known precursors before Anne Rice and noting the shifts from those vampire lovers of the 1970s to their descendants in contemporary paranormal romance by Leigh McLennon, PhD candidate … Continue reading →

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Lauren Owen, ‘Varney – the Forgotten Vampire’

Posted on 27th February 2015 by William the Bloody

Possibly the ancestor of ‘the sympathetic vampire’ who features in present-day paranormal romance, the nineteenth-century Varney the Vampire, serialised by Malcolm Rymer, is not perhaps as well known as he should be. Lauren Owen of Durham University gives a detailed … Continue reading →

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monsters: the experimental association for the research of cryptozoology through scholarly theory and practical application

Posted on 25th January 2015 by William the Bloody

MEARCSTAPA–A useful site relating to the discussion of monsters and monstrosity and their cultural significance

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Owen Williams, ‘A History of British Folk Horror’

Posted on 24th January 2015 by William the Bloody

A useful summary of the genre of Folk Horror in film.

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Spine-chillers and suspense: A timeline of Gothic fiction

Posted on 24th January 2015 by William the Bloody

This is a concise but excellent timeline of the origins and development of Gothic fiction by the OGOM collaborator Catherine Spooner. It’s a very useful resource for anyone interested in Gothic culture, and we’ve also added it in the Related … Continue reading →

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – 150th Anniversary

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

Lewis Carroll’s two classic novels for children are not immediately Gothic, or related to the undead, but they are central to any research on the fantastic and on children’s literature. This is a very rich portal to resources on Alice’s … Continue reading →

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Alison Nastasi, ‘Beautiful Illustrations That Reimagine the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales’

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

And they are beautiful–visual interpretations by David Hockney, Edward Gorey, and others of the Grimm Brothers’ tales. In celebration of older brother Jacob Grimm’s birthday this week, we’re looking at beautifully illustrated retellings of the Grimms’ fairy tales by artists … Continue reading →

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Greg Buzwell, ‘Bram Stoker’s stage adaptation of Dracula’

Posted on 16th December 2014 by William the Bloody

Another useful article from the BL’s excellent series. This might be useful for OGOM MA researchers as well as those concerned with the transmutation of the vampire through various media: To coincide with the British Library’s current major exhibition, Terror … Continue reading →

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M.O. Grenby, ‘Fantasy and fairytale in children’s literature ‘

Posted on 15th December 2014 by William the Bloody

‘Professor M O Grenby explores the relationship between fantasy and morality in 18th- and 19th-century children’s literature.’ This is another excellent article by Prof. Grenby of Newcastle University, from the BL website (whose collection of articles is a very useful … Continue reading →

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