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A Gothic Fiction Playlist
Jessica Cartner is a first year BA English student at the University of Sunderland. Her interests in the Gothic are monstrous and the humane, Romantic Gothic and Victorian Gothic. Hello everyone, My name is Jessica. The blog admin recently inspired … Continue reading
Burn’s Night Brilliance: Talent and Tartan
MA English student Janet Cooper and Publications Officer Chloé Campbell tells us about Spectral Visions, Burns, The Borders, the launch event of Spectral Visions Press The 30th January, 2015, marked the launch of Spectral Visions Press, the University of Sunderland’s … Continue reading
Folkloric Monsters: The Global Entity
Sunderland graduate Sophie Raine explores some examples of the folkloric monster across the world. Sophie studied MA English. Her interest in the Gothic is feminism and penny dreadfuls. The myth of our first creature is thought to have originated from … Continue reading
An Interview with Dr Dale Townshend
Stephanie Gallon interviewed Dr Dale Townshend. Dr Townshend is a Senior Lecturer of English at the University of Stirling and the director of the renowned MLitt The Gothic Imagination. He also worked in collaboration with the British Library for an … Continue reading
Gothic in Night on Bald Mountain (1940)
As part of our Contemporary Media and the Gothic series, Stephanie Gallon looks at the Gothic influences of a Disney short. Stephanie is an MA English student. Her interest in the Gothic is werewolf literature, feminism and monster theory. See … Continue reading
Spectral Visions Monthly Update: January 2015
Welcome to our new monthly post! We’ll be giving you a look at our month ahead at the beginning of every month, as well as our recommendations and news. SPECTRAL VISIONS NEWS & EVENTS On the 30th January, Spectral Visions … Continue reading
The Femme Fatale: American Horror Story and Those Deadly Women.
As part of our Contemporary Media and the Gothic series, Sunderland graduate Sophie Raine explores the femme fatale in American Horror Story. Sophie studied MA English. Her interest in the Gothic is feminism and penny dreadfuls. Escaping the bonds of … Continue reading
Monstrum: A New Journal
We are pleased to announce the official launch of Monstrum, published by Spectral Visions Press. So what exactly is Monstrum? Monstrum is an academic journal which specialises in monsters and the monstrous. It welcomes submissions of an interdisciplinary kind, as … Continue reading
Is Gotham Goth-ic?
Emily Bird is a third year BA English and Creative Writing student at the University of Sunderland. Her interests are in contemporary media, geography and Gothic architecture. In this article I’m going to look at the ever so brilliant and … Continue reading
To Whom Does Control Belong?
Jenah Colledge is a third year BA English and Creative Writing student at the University of Sunderland. Her interests include supernaturalism, fairy tales and romance. See more of her work in the student profiles. The vampire; what is it about … Continue reading
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