CFA: ‘Werewolves: Studies in Transformations’ (abstracts: 30thNovember 2015, full submissions: 31st March 2016)Organization:Dr Janine Hatter and Kaja Franck, ‘Revenant: Critical and Creative Studies of the Supernatural’Contact email:j.hatter@hull.ac.uk / k.a.franck@gmail.com‘Revenant: Critical and Creative Studies of the Supernatural’ is a peer-reviewed, online journal looking at the supernatural, the uncanny and the weird. Revenant is now accepting articles, … Continue reading CFA: ‘Werewolves: Studies in Transformations’
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McGrath vs McGrath: Patrick Mcgrath’s "Spider" and the Ralph Fiennes film adaptation that is Totally Not Harry Potter
What do Voldemort, a sock down the trousers, and an intricate series of hooks and pulleys composed of pilfered sting have in common (other than this overwrought comparison)? Patrick McGrath.I recently finished re-reading McGrath’s 1990 novel Spider and it was, largely, an enjoyable experience. I say largely, because it has left my language severely disrupted … Continue reading McGrath vs McGrath: Patrick Mcgrath’s "Spider" and the Ralph Fiennes film adaptation that is Totally Not Harry Potter
A Gothic Story: Revisiting Strawberry Hill
On a recent visit home, my mum wanted to take me out for the day, and I knew exactly where I wanted to go. Travelling from Essex, and on one of the hottest days this summer, I dragged my mum from one side of London to the other to visit a very Gothic location buried … Continue reading A Gothic Story: Revisiting Strawberry Hill
Reimagining the American Haunted House (Part Three): William Castle’s "House on Haunted Hill"
This is the final installment in the blog series on haunted houses in American literature (drum-roll please!), and because I’m secretly very ornery I’ve decided to write about a film which isn’t (ostensibly) particularly American and about a fictional haunted house which (probably) isn’t actually haunted. William Castle’s “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) is a famously … Continue reading Reimagining the American Haunted House (Part Three): William Castle’s "House on Haunted Hill"
Reimagining the American Haunted House (Part Two): H.P. Lovecraft’s "The Dreams in the Witch House"
This blog is the second installment in a series examining American ‘haunted houses' in Gothic literature. As I suggested in an earlier post, when most people think about haunted houses they usual have a fairly standard picture in mind... the creepy castle, the abandoned shack, the old ruin. However, because America has a unique history … Continue reading Reimagining the American Haunted House (Part Two): H.P. Lovecraft’s "The Dreams in the Witch House"
One does not simply mallet Udolpho: Pre-imagining the Gothic in Eighteenth-Century Travel Writing
Those of you with long memories (or a fondness for exploring the dusty archives of this blog) may recall me from such Sheffield Gothic Blog Posts as that one about the poet nobody had ever heard of, that other one about not really getting H.P. Lovecraft and that first one no one ever read. I’ve … Continue reading One does not simply mallet Udolpho: Pre-imagining the Gothic in Eighteenth-Century Travel Writing
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