Tag Archives: Gothic
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
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
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
The Art of Gothic: Britain’s Midnight Hour
As part of our Monthly Reviews, Katie Watson did a review of The Art of Gothic. Katie is a third year English and Drama student. Over recent weeks the BBC have released a series which attempts to explain the Gothic … Continue reading
Our Monsters, Ourselves: A Review of Dr Alison Younger’s Talk
Dr Alison Younger, senior lecturer at the University of Sunderland, gave a talk at Newcastle’s Café Culture on Monday 1st December. Speaking volumes of Dr Younger’s talent and reputation, the usual café arrangement of the venue was set out for … Continue reading
Visionaries in London: The Terror and Wonder Exhibition
Recent MA English graduate Sophie Raine tells us about Spectral Visions’ trip to the British Library for the Terror and Wonder exhibition. When the exhibition ‘Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination’ came to London this October, we knew that this … Continue reading
An Interview with Dr Bill Hughes
Stephanie Gallon interviewed Dr Bill Hughes. Dr Hughes is one of the founders of the Open Graves, Open Minds research project. His research areas are paranormal romance, the Byronic hero and the undead. His latest publication is Open Graves, Open … Continue reading
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