Rounding off our Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Two blogs is Michelle Mastro discussing Angel/Angelus and the problematic vampire boyfriend. And as always, if you have any comments or want to share the posts, use the hashtag #BuffySlays20. The vampire boyfriend figures prominently in supernatural romance. Passionate but worldly, he plays to perfection the older beau character type—usually portrayed … Continue reading Angel/Angelus: The Problematic Nature of the Vampire Boyfriend in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Buffy and the Beast: The Complicated Depiction of Werewolves and Masculinity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Part Two)
This is the second and concluding part of Kaja Franck’s blog exploring werewolves and masculinity in Season Two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. To read part one click here, and if you want to share your thoughts on Buffy and Werewolves use the hashtag #BuffySlays20. The gendered nature of the werewolf is only briefly challenged in ‘Phases’ when Willow … Continue reading Buffy and the Beast: The Complicated Depiction of Werewolves and Masculinity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Part Two)
Buffy and the Beast: The Complicated Depiction of Werewolves and Masculinity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Part One)
Today in our Buffy Blog series we have the first part of Kaja Franck’s exploration of Werewolves and Masculinity in Season Two. As always, you can keep the conversation going using #BuffySlays20. Though Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), as the name suggests, generally centres on vampire-hijinks, the seasonal narrative arcs featuring the latest ‘Big Bad’ are broken up by … Continue reading Buffy and the Beast: The Complicated Depiction of Werewolves and Masculinity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Part One)
Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
In this post, Sheffield Gothic's Hannah Moss reviews Hulu's recent series, The Handmaid's Tale. To explore the Gothic origin's of the show's source material, check out Hannah's previous discussion of Atwood's novel here. You only have to turn on the TV or flick through a magazine to see that The Handmaid’s Tale is a hot … Continue reading Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
The ‘‘Bloofer Lady’’ in Bram Stoker’s Dracula: the bloodthirst of a child hunter
Any reader of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) remembers how Lucy Westenra transforms into a vampire after the continuous attacks of the Count. Her transformation into the so-called ‘‘bloofer lady’’ emphasises her new existence as an undead creature. Nevertheless, as Leslie Ann Minot examines, the ‘‘bloofer lady’’ has ‘‘received relatively little critical attention compared to the … Continue reading The ‘‘Bloofer Lady’’ in Bram Stoker’s Dracula: the bloodthirst of a child hunter
Pastoral Gothic: Ann Radcliffe and the Sublime
The Gothic Reading Group will be meeting on Wednesday 22ndMarch to continue this semester’s on-going discussion of all things Eco-Gothic. This time around we’ll be focusing on sublime pastoral landscapes.During the session we’ll be thinking about the pastoral mode in relation to the poetry of the Mistress of Udolpho herself, Ann Radcliffe. Radcliffe’s novels are … Continue reading Pastoral Gothic: Ann Radcliffe and the Sublime
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