Dopplegangers 02 – Carmilla

Hey goth fans, it’s adaptation time! In the spotlight this month is a Victorian vamp-tastic classic, Carmilla! Carmilla, the original novella, is one of the earlier literary incarnations of everyone’s favourite bloodsucking fiend (beating Dracula to the punch by a whole 25 years) and, as such, has been adapted many times for many different medium; … Continue reading Dopplegangers 02 – Carmilla →

Gothic Bible: Religious Belief & The Gothic Village in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Part Two)

The following post by Emily Marlow, concluding her exploration of religious belief and the Gothic village in The Witcher 3 (you can read Part One here) is part of an ongoing 'Gothic Bible Blog Series' and part of the Gothic Bible project, a collaborative project run by Sheffield Gothic and SIIBS at the University of … Continue reading Gothic Bible: Religious Belief & The Gothic Village in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Part Two) →

Gothic Bible: Religious Belief & The Gothic Village in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Part One)

The following post by Emily Marlow is part of an ongoing 'Gothic Bible Blog Series' and part of the Gothic Bible project, a collaborative project run by Sheffield Gothic and SIIBS at the University of Sheffield, and also the University of Auckland. You can find out more about the project here, and if you want … Continue reading Gothic Bible: Religious Belief & The Gothic Village in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Part One) →

Doppelgangers – Volume 01: The Shining

Hello Gothic People!It is a new term of the gleefully grotesque and the magnificently macabre, Gothic Reading Group and the theme this year is ‘Adaptation’. To celebrate, I intend to start a new series where I talk a little bit about the background to the original, the adaptation and discuss some of the differences between … Continue reading Doppelgangers – Volume 01: The Shining →

‘In her mind, she’s the central figure in a fantastic world beyond imagination’ – Considering Sunnydale as Buffy’s illusion

Concluding our Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Six posts is another blog by Dana Alex, this time exploring ‘Normal Again’ and the idea that Sunnydale and the Buffyverse is in fact a delusion of the very normal Buffy Summers. Don’t forget to share these posts and your thoughts using the hashtag #BuffySlays20. In this blog post I … Continue reading ‘In her mind, she’s the central figure in a fantastic world beyond imagination’ – Considering Sunnydale as Buffy’s illusion →

Halloween and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Part Three

Kicking off our Buffy Blog Series this week, in our exploration of Season Six, we have a previously unpublished Halloween post exploring third and final Halloween episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is the third part of Sheffield Gothic’s 2014 Buffy Halloween Series by co-organiser Mary Going (you can read part one here and part two here): yes, our … Continue reading Halloween and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Part Three →