Congratulations to OGOM member Daisy Butcher who passed her viva on Friday. Daisy’s project was praised by the examiners for being a great read and something of a page turner – its originality and rigour was very much in evidence. From a supervisor’s point of view the thesis: ‘Monsters of (In)fertility: The Plant Woman and the Female Mummy in Victorian Gothic Literature’ was a joy. The examiners saw an original & important book in the making and we are all looking forward to this becoming a reality in the near future.
Thanks to Dr Rowland Hughes and Professor Ruth Heholt for examining the thesis.
Daisy will be staying with OGOM and we are pleased to say that she will be co-hosting the online provision of our Sea Changes Conference on mermaids and enchanted hybrids in September. We will be supporting Daisy in a conference on Botanical Gothic in the near future too (a chance to hear her talk on her famous fleur fatales). Gothtastic! You are a star Daisy!
Congratulations, Daisy! I am looking at the book here but I can’t make out the author. Pretty groovy! Oh, Louisa May Alcott! I thought that maybe it was hers. Very nice. (((applause)))
Congratulations, Daisy–looking forward to the book!!