Sheffield Gothic is holding one more reading group before the end of the year! Join us on Tuesday, December 17th17:00 - 18:00 (GMT)Meeting Link: meet.google.com/zjq-stzs-nuj Given how busy the season can be, we decided that it makes sense to let this month's group take place exclusively online, and we will only be reading one short … Continue reading December Reading Group: “The Kit-Bag”
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Reading Group Announcement: The Bitter Cold
Our first reading group this academic year has the theme The Bitter Cold! It takes place on Friday, the 15th of November, between 5pm and 6pm. The event is hybrid, so you can join either in person (Hub 1 in Jessop West) or online - send us an email to sheffieldgothic@gmail.com for the invite link. … Continue reading Reading Group Announcement: The Bitter Cold
Reading Group: Vampire Boyfriends
Sheffield Gothic is very excited to welcome you to our next reading group on vampire boyfriends and the Gothic imaginary. This reading group follows on from Sophie Haywood's Valentine's Day blog, which looked at the rise of vampires as romantic heroes in the modern day. We'll be meeting online at 3–4.30pm on Wednesday 20th April … Continue reading Reading Group: Vampire Boyfriends
Reading Group – The Dark Side of Fairytales: Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber
Sheffield Gothic are excited to announce our first reading group of this academic year, looking at Angela Carter's collection The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (1979). These stories highlight the dark potential of the fairytale, using folklore to explore body horror, feminism, and to reinvestigate the Gothic genre itself. We'll be meeting online on Wednesday … Continue reading Reading Group – The Dark Side of Fairytales: Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber
Reading Group – Octavia E. Butler’s Science Fiction
Sheffield Gothic Reading Group presents.... Octavia E. Butler's Science Fiction If speculative fiction, sci-fi, the uncanny and the dystopian appeal, then join us in a virtual reading group to discuss Octavia E. Butler's weird worlds on Wednesday 28th April, 3:30 - 5:00pm. As a black woman writing science-fiction, Butler challenged assumptions about the genre's writers, … Continue reading Reading Group – Octavia E. Butler’s Science Fiction
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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