When you think famous literary vampires, your mind might dart to Dracula or the Sapphic reader’s might head straight for Carmilla. Your inner eye might also be suddenly beset by a horde of sexy, often shimmering, vampires from more recent media: Edward Cullen, Blade, Eric Northman, Akasha, Lestat, Damon Salvatore, Selene… It happens. Just letContinue reading “Early Vampire Poetry”
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What is Romancing the Gothic?
Romancing the Gothic started (and is continuing) in the lock down. I started by offering a single free class and it went from there. What’s the idea? The idea is to share scholarship, discussion and the joy of Gothic and romance literature together. How does it work? We have Saturday lectures which are two hoursContinue reading “What is Romancing the Gothic?”
