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Tag Archives: Folklore
Witchy Vampires
This is a little light, but fun, and a starting point for those who want to explore the folkloric vampire/witch figure from outside the usual Western literary paradigms. (Though calling these kindred bloodsuckers ‘vampire’ and universalising them thus opens up … Continue reading
Posted in Resources
Tagged cats, chordewa, Folklore, India, jigarkhwar, myth, obayifo, Vampires, West Africa, witches
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The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television: A Comprehensive Bibliography
OGOM luminary and vampire scholar Stacey Abbott has drawn our attention to this bibliography of vampire representations by J. Gordon Melton and Alysa Hornick. It looks very comprehensive and would be a brilliant resource for all those studying the multifarious … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Resources
Tagged Film, Folklore, History, TV, Vampires
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Witches from Fiction, Witches from History
Having read Sam’s post on The Emergence of the Sympathetic Witch in Twentieth-Century Culture, I was pleased to see one of my favourite online groups, A Mighty Girl, posting about a book called History’s Witches: An Illustrated Guide (2013) by Lisa Graves. … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Fun stuff, Resources
Tagged adaptation, Feminism, Folklore, witches, YA Fiction
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Horror in the Arts – Free Articles!
As what surely is a celebration of Gothtober and in order to give you something good to curl up with as the nights draw in, Routledge is offering two months of free access to their collection Horror in the Arts. … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Resources
Tagged Animals, Folklore, Gothic, Gothic novel, horror, Horror Film, popular culture, Vampires, Victorian Gothic, Werewolves, Zombies
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CFP Books of Blood: Collaborative Project and Funding Bid
Posted in Call for Articles, OGOM: Books of Blood
Tagged anthropology, art, blood, body Gothic, CFP, Film, Folklore, medicine, music, myth, philosophy, religion, science, TV, Vampires
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Willis Goth Regier, ‘Grimm Beginnings’
An excellent review essay on the new Jack Zipes edition of the first edition of Grimms’ Tales and of his new book on the continuing influence of the tales. It contains an informed account of the history of successive editions … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Reviews
Tagged Fairy tales, Folklore, Grimm brothers, translation
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Review of ‘Beliefs and Behaviours in Education and Culture’, West University of Timisoara, 25th-27th June 2015
Apologies for this being a little late with this review. It’s not because Sam and I got lost in Transylvania (though I think both of us would have liked to spend longer exploring Timisoara and the surrounding Romanian countryside). The … Continue reading
She-wolves in Reformation Germany
Hannah Priest, the editor of She-Wolf: A Cultural History of Female Werewolves (Manchester University Press, 2015), has written an interesting article on the case of the she-wolves of Jülich for History Today. She analyses a newspaper article about these female werewolves and … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Reviews
Tagged animality, Folklore, gender, religion, Werewolves, Wolves, women
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‘Spring-Heeled Jack and the ersatz Victorian Vampire’: Dr Karl Bell, 6th May, University of Hertfordshire
Dr Karl Bell will be in dialogue with OGOM on 6th May at the University of Hertfordshire where he will present his research into Spring-Heeled Jack and the Victorian vampire myth. His talk is entitled: – ‘”His eyes resembled red … Continue reading
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Tagged Folklore, Spring-heeled Jack, Vampires, Victorian Gothic
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OGOM Company of Wolves Conference: Extended Call for Papers
OGOM: ‘The Company of Wolves’: Sociality, Animality, and Subjectivity in Literary and Cultural Narratives—Werewolves, Shapeshifters, and Feral Humans Conference, University of Hertfordshire, Sept 3rd-5th 2015 Extended Call for Papers and Panels OGOM is extending its call for papers for its … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Angela Carter, animality, Animals, Anne Rice, CFP, Children's literature, Christopher Frayling, Fairy tales, feral children, Film, Folklore, gender, Genre, Gothic, Grimm brothers, identity, Intertextuality, Neil Jordan, Paranormal romance, Perrault, race, Romance, sexuality, Shapeshifters, TV, Werewolves, wilderness, Wolves, YA Fiction
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