Primary Texts Women’s Weird ed. by Melissa Edmundson – 2019 Joseph Addison – Evidence of the Christian Religion – (1772) Darcie Little Badger – Elatsoe – 2020 Madeleine Brent – Moonraker’s Bride – 1973 Charlotte Bronte – Jane Eyre – 1847 Emily Bronte – Wuthering Heights – 1847 Edmund Burke – A Philosophical Enquiry intoContinue reading “Romancing the Gothic: Heroines, Wives and Demons – Bibliography”
Author Archives: SamHirst
Zofloya and the Female Gothic
This is a series of ‘blogs’ (hmmm) which I wrote as a baby scholar during my Masters. I’ve been rereading it today as I finalise my lesson slides for tomorrow. It’s an investigation of the term Female Gothic and its legitimacy through an exploration of Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya and the simple question of whether orContinue reading “Zofloya and the Female Gothic”
Rethinking the Gothic Romance: Georgette Heyer – Bibliography
Primary Texts Jane Austen – Northanger Abbey – 1817 Charlotte Bronte – Jane Eyre – 1847 Georgette Heyer – Sylvester, or The Wicked Uncle – 1957 Georgette Heyer – The Talisman Ring – 1936 Georgette Heyer – The Toll Gate – 1954 Georgette Heyer – These Old Shades – 1926 Lady Caroline Lamb – GlenarvonContinue reading “Rethinking the Gothic Romance: Georgette Heyer – Bibliography”
Radcliffe’s Heroes in Order of Uselessness
Ann Radcliffe, the ‘Great Enchantress’ of the early British Gothic, was one of the most famous and popular writers of her time. She’s the star Gothic reference in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (1816) and a must-read for everyone who’s just starting their journey in the rise of the Gothic in the late 18th century. SheContinue reading “Radcliffe’s Heroes in Order of Uselessness”
Georgette Heyer and the Gothic
It’s Heyer week here at Romancing the Gothic! In book club, we’re reading The Quiet Gentleman (1951). On Saturday the class is ‘Rethinking the Gothic Romance: Georgette Heyer’. I’m aware that two quite disparate groups of people are interested in this week’s content and both groups might have their suspicions about exactly what Heyer andContinue reading “Georgette Heyer and the Gothic”
The Enthusiast’s Guide to Spotting Murder Ladies
Welcome to our discrete guide for the discerning. Many of you will have turned to us because you are simply exhausted by the stream of bland heroes, autocratic and tortured dark lords, and tediously misogynistic villains who one cannot, it seems, avoid in these Gothic times. You have thought to yourself, ‘There must be anotherContinue reading “The Enthusiast’s Guide to Spotting Murder Ladies”
Bibliography – Hannibal
The Silence of the Lambs 1991. Directed by J. Demme. Santa Monica, CA. Orion Pictures. Harris, T 2009, Red Dragon, Arrow Books, London. Harris, T 2013, The Silence of the Lambs, Arrow Books, London. Harris, T 2005, Hannibal, Bantam Dell, New York. McLean, J 2015, The Art and Making of Hannibal: The Television Series, TitanContinue reading “Bibliography – Hannibal”
The Discerning Evil-Doer’s Guide to Gothic Villainy
Too many young villains today fall into error as soon as they begin their path, like an awkward child belly-flopping enthusiastically into a puddle. They believe that villainy is a simple case of evil-doing (ha!). A swift and effortless choice of wrong over right via the medium of a bullet or blade. A career pathContinue reading “The Discerning Evil-Doer’s Guide to Gothic Villainy”
Bibliography: ‘It’s only Twilight if it’s from the Forks region; anything else is just sparkling vampire romance’: Twilight, the Gothic Novel and the Female Reader by Kaja Franck
Primary Texts: Meyer, Stephenie, Twilight, (London: Atom, 2006) Meyer, Stephanie, New Moon, (London: Atom, 2007) Meyer, Stephanie, Eclipse, (London: Atom, 2007) Meyer, Stephanie, Breaking Dawn, (London: Atom, 2008) Meyer, Stephanie, Midnight Sun, (28th August 2008) http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/midnightsun.html [accessed 6th January 2010] Secondary Texts: Allen, Lily, ‘The Fear’, Lyrics on http://www.lilyallenmusic.com/lily/lyrics [accessed 20th August 2010] Anonymous,Continue reading “Bibliography: ‘It’s only Twilight if it’s from the Forks region; anything else is just sparkling vampire romance’: Twilight, the Gothic Novel and the Female Reader by Kaja Franck”
The Literature of Ghouls and Ghosts: A History of the Gothic – Bibliography
Primary Texts Anon. – The Veiled Picture – 1802 Anon. – Almagro and Claude – 1805 William Harrison Ainsworth – Rookwood – 1834 William Harrison Ainsworth – The History of Jack Sheppard – 1839 Jane Austen – Northanger Abbey – 1817 James Boaden – Fountainville Forest – 1794 Mary Elizabeth Braddon – Lady Audley’s SecretContinue reading “The Literature of Ghouls and Ghosts: A History of the Gothic – Bibliography”
Romancing the Gothic 