Tag Archives: Wolves

Grandma, what a long history you have! The origins of “Little Red Riding Hood”

Posted on 19th March 2015 by William the Bloody

An interesting account by Tom Jacobs of the origins and dispersal of the Red Riding Hood tale. This is probably not such new and startling news as it proclaims, but that’s newspapers for you. And it begs a few questions … Continue reading →

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Lamenting the Last Wolf: lupine lovers of the world unite

Posted on 15th March 2015 by Sam George

To say I have had quite a few conversations about wolves over the last two years would be  an understatement. My PhD student Kaja, familiar to followers of this blog, researches werewolves and another Matt, has written an entire book … Continue reading →

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Caryl Churchill, The Skriker, with Maxine Peake, Manchester Royal Exchange, 3 July 2015-1 August 2015

Posted on 5th March 2015 by William the Bloody

This performance of Caryl Churchill, The Skriker, with Maxine Peake looks fabulous; I’d not, I’m ashamed to admit, heard of this play before. Very appropriately, I’ve just finished my chapter on werewolf narratives, ‘”But by blood no wolf am I”: Language … Continue reading →

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Wolf Packs and Feral Children

Posted on 28th January 2015 by firekrank

A couple of tweets caught my eye this week. I have the uncanny ability to pick out the word ‘wolf’ from a page of text. Not sure if this is something that should go on my CV but it is … Continue reading →

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Michael Dirda reviews five fairy-tale books

Posted on 25th January 2015 by William the Bloody

A review of new books on the fairy tale by Marina Warner and Jack Zipes (including the first translation into English of the first edition of Grimm’s Tales), but also of two books from Princeton University Press’s Oddly Modern Fairy … Continue reading →

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Peter and the Wolf : celebrity narration and the enduring appeal of this tale

Posted on 22nd December 2014 by Sam George

Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf has been recorded more often than any other piece of classical music – over 400 times in more than a dozen languages. The narration has been spoken by everyone from David Bowie to Eleanor … Continue reading →

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Company of Wolves Conference – Twitter Updates

Posted on 16th December 2014 by firekrank

As the abstracts start coming in thick and fast, it seems to time to start creating a diminutive for the ‘Company of Wolves’ conference. This seems particularly important on Twitter where it takes up 17 characters! With this is mind, … Continue reading →

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Sharing Our Lives with Wolves on Radio 4

Posted on 16th December 2014 by firekrank

Since starting my PhD on werewolves, I have discovered that whilst I don’t see lycanthropes everywhere (I’ve not started hallucinating through exhaustion yet), I do see wolves where ever I go. On a brief sojourn to my home county, Lincolnshire, … Continue reading →

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The Company of Wolves at Riverside Valley Park 29th – 30th August 2014

Posted on 14th December 2014 by William the Bloody

This sounds like an exciting event: an interactive adaptation of Angela Carter’s Company f Wolves tales, reviewed by Belinda Dillon–a shame it’s over now, but perhaps it will occur again. Some interesting thoughts on the appeal of the werewolf here, … Continue reading →

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OGOM Company of Wolves CFP – Beyond excited to announce this!

Posted on 19th November 2014 by Sam George

Conference, University of Hertfordshire, Sept 3rd-5th 2015: Call for Papers and Panels OGOM: ‘The Company of Wolves’: Sociality, Animality, and Subjectivity in Literary and Cultural Narratives—Werewolves, Shapeshifters, and Feral Humans Wolves have long been the archetypal enemy of human company, … Continue reading →

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