text by Agnieszka Sienkiewicz-Charlish We all know the story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – the story of two different personalities trapped in one body. But in the case of Craig Russell’s Hyde this knowledge is used against the reader: you think you know what to expect and consequently miss the clues. The novel […]
text by Dorota Babilas The University of Dundee will be hosting The Year of Gothic Women conference on 29-31 August. One of the QAQV members, Dorota Babilas, will be there with “Musicians, Models, and Other Monsters: Gothic Divas in George Du Maurier’s Trilby, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Gaston Leroux’s Le Fantȏme de l’Opéra.” In the words […]
text by Dorota Osińska *The blog entry is based on my PhD dissertation Reclaiming Hellenic Myth: Revisions of Mythological Heroines in 19th century British Poetry and Art The intersection of Hellenism and womanhood was a powerful platform to debate roles and images of women in the Victorian era. Admittedly, Hellenism’s primarily men-oriented character would deter women […]
