Being a demon isn’t what it used to be. Back in the day, you could get away with manifesting some hooves, growing out some nice horns and leering menacingly from the dark, occasionally manifesting a face on your genitals. That all changed with Milton. That bastard. If I’d known the upkeep, the sheer hours inContinue reading “The Demonic Guide to Putting the Seductive in Satanic”
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November Day of Creation Events
We have a great timetable coming up for the November day of creation. I’ll be adding details of some of the events as we go. All times are GMT. 10 – 11 – Writing Activity – Neil Cocks – Ghost Story in a Box 11 – 12 – Author Showcase 12 – 1 – WritingContinue reading “November Day of Creation Events”
Bibliography – Chelsea Davis – Horror and Colour in Film
Chelsea Davis “It wasn’t like any color I’d ever seen before”: Color in Horror Film and Literature A Selected Bibliography Resources on the history of color in film Abbott, Stacey. Undead Apocalyse: Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century, Edinburgh University Press, 2016, pp. 24–26. Barber, X. Theodore. Phantasmagorical Wonders: The Magic Lantern Ghost ShowContinue reading “Bibliography – Chelsea Davis – Horror and Colour in Film”
Bibliography – Queer Gothic Reimaginings
Bibliography – Secondary Sources Anthony F. Bogart – Understanding Asexuality – 2015 William D. Brewer – ‘Transgendering in Matthew Lewis The Monk’ in Gothic Studies 6:2 – 2004 Steven Bruhm, ‘The Gothic Novel and the Negotiation of Homophobia’ in The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature – 2014 Erica Chu – ‘Radical Identity Politics:Continue reading “Bibliography – Queer Gothic Reimaginings”
Bibliography – New Woman Gothic (Naomi Hetherington)
This is the bibliography, provided by Naomi Hetherington, for her excellent talk on New Women and the Gothic. You can find a recording of the talk here New Woman Gothic Bibliography General Works on the New Woman Ardis, Ann, New Women, New Novels: Feminism and Early Modernism (Brunswick, NJ: Rutger UP, 1990). Gray, Alexandra, Self-HarmContinue reading “Bibliography – New Woman Gothic (Naomi Hetherington)”
Medieval Murder: Goth Detectives!
PLEASE NOTE: The cost and date details here apply to the 2020 course Here at Romancing the Gothic, we’re diversifying! We want to keep the project going and also support our speakers and offer some more hands on and interactive classes. We’ll be keeping all the book groups, film clubs and Saturday and Sunday classesContinue reading “Medieval Murder: Goth Detectives!”
Bibliography (provided by Rayna Rosenova) – The Gothic and the French Revolution
A Spectacle of Gore and Horror: The French Revolution and its Gothic Representations Anonymous. “The Terrorist System of Novel-Writing”. Monthly Magazine, vol. 4, no. 21, 1797. Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. A Novel. London: Richard Bentley, New Burligton Street: Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; Cumming, Dublin; and Galignani, Paris, 1833. Burke, Edmund. Reflections on theContinue reading “Bibliography (provided by Rayna Rosenova) – The Gothic and the French Revolution”
News and Updates
Some news! We have a patreon now. Here it is. If you can though, please support me via the ko-fi here. Why? Because with Patreon you pay more and I/the project gets less. Significantly less (for me) and significantly more (for you). Any questions, please ask! ‘Romancing the Gothic’ started off as a single freeContinue reading “News and Updates”
BIBLIOGRAPHY – “Oh my goodness, is that an electrosplit goopslimer port?” Technofantasies and Difference Engines in Steampunk Literature’ – Caroline Duvezin
BIBLIOGRAPHY Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), dir. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, Walt Disney Pictures. Blaylock, James P. (1986), Homunculus, Ace Books. Carriger, Gail (2009), Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1), Orbit. Carriger, Gail (2013), Curtsies and Conspiracies (Finishing School #2), Atom. Clark, Phenderson Djèlí (2016), “A Dead Djinn in Cairo”, Tor.com, https://www.tor.com/2016/05/18/a-dead-djinn-in-cairo/ Clark, Phenderson DjèlíContinue reading “BIBLIOGRAPHY – “Oh my goodness, is that an electrosplit goopslimer port?” Technofantasies and Difference Engines in Steampunk Literature’ – Caroline Duvezin”
5 lesser-known Early Gothic Novels
‘Lesser known’ is always relative. For some, the staples of that early Gothic period (The Castle of Otranto, The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Monk and Melmoth the Wanderer) are new acquaintances. For others, I could bring up the most obscure authors (T. J. Horsley-Curties and Elizabeth Meeke anyone?) and they’d scoff at the obviousness ofContinue reading “5 lesser-known Early Gothic Novels”
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