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Tag Archives: Gothic
CFA: Critical Essays on ‘American Horror Story’
A call for proposed chapters for an edited book on ‘American Horror Story ‘ (2011-) has been released. Taken from the original CFA, the details are as follows: ‘American Horror Story is an anthology horror series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Call for Articles
Tagged adaptation, American Horror Story, body Gothic, CFA, gender, Gothic, Gothic television, horror, monstrosity, race, sexuality, television, Vampires
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CFP: Fourth World Dracula Congress
The Fourth World Dracula Congress organised by the Transylvanian Society of Dracula will be taking place on the 2oth-21st October 2016, at Trinity College, Dublin. The CFP has been released and abstracts of 150-250 words need to be sent in by … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Dublin, gender, Gothic, Gothic novel, sexuality, vampire, Vampires
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Gothic Romance and romantic Gothic
In order to celebrate Valentine’s Day the IGA have a guest post by Val Derbyshire, ‘From Romance to romance: Gothic tropes in Harlequin Mills & Boon novels’. It’s a thoroughly enjoyable read and made me reminisce about borrowing the Mills & Boon … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Fun stuff
Tagged Gothic, Gothic romance, Mills and Boon, Romance, Valentine's Day
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Which scenes in literature have chilled you to the bone?
The Royal Society of Literature is posing the question ‘What have been your scariest reads?’ to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein. Feel free to comment below if you have any good ideas. I think mine is … Continue reading
CFP: The Dark Arts Journal
Just a quick reminder that ‘The Dark Arts Journal’ is looking for submissions of 4,000-5,000 words on the theme ‘The Gothic and all its forms’. The deadline is 28th February 2016. And more information can be found on its website.
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged Adaptations, aesthetics, body Gothic, Early Gothic, Gothic, Gothic film, Gothic novel, popular culture, television, Tropes
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How to be an Extra on the New Twin Peaks
For those of you who are fans of the cult television programme ‘Twin Peaks’ (1990-1991), the website ‘Welcome to Twin Peaks’ gives you details on how you can be an extra on the new ‘Twin Peaks’. It is a charity … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Fun stuff
Tagged American Gothic, contemporary Gothic, fandom, Gothic, popular culture, television, Twin Peaks
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CFP: World Vampire Congress 2016
The following CFP has been released for the World Vampire Congress 2016 which forms part of the Bram Stoker International Film Festival (BSIFF) which will be taking place 27th-30th October 2016, Whitby, Yorkshire. More information can be found below: “World … Continue reading
Walpole: The House and the Letters
The New York Review of Books has in its latest issue an article by Geoffrey Wheatley, ‘Walpole: The House & the Letters’. It as the name suggests a look at Strawberry Hill, the Gothic abode Walpole engineered for himself, and his … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Resources, Reviews
Tagged aesthetics, architecture, Early Gothic, Enlightenment, Gothic, Gothic novel, Horace Walpole, Strawberry Hill
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New Publications: Dangerous Bodies and Evil Children
There are two excellent publications out at the moment. The first is Dangerous Bodies: Historicising the Corporeal Gothic (2016) by Marie Mulvey-Roberts which looks at how the body is oppressed and surpressed in Gothic texts. The other one is an edited book Little Horrors: … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles
Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, body Gothic, Children, Evil, Gothic, Gothic films, Gothic novels, horror, Horror films
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Jane Austen vs. Zombies
This video considers what Jane Austen would think about the movie ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ which is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith and, of course, Jane Austen. Once it has been released, … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, Gothic, Gothic novel, Horror Film, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Zombies
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