“Is This Gothic?” #8
Is the film Donnie Darko Gothic?
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The Italian, by Ann Radcliffe.
This past week I finished The Italian by Ann Radcliffe, meaning that I’ve finally read the Big Three of her novels, the other two being The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Romance of the Forest.
At some point, I’d like to talk about these three in comparison, as well as the consider The Italian alongside more contemporary writing, but I thought it would make sense to start out with a brief review.… Read the rest
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Mysteries of Udolpho Word Cloud
From Wordle. Based on Ann Radcliffe’s most famous (and best) novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho.
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Gothic Purple Prose #1
Share a comment: post a sentence of purple prose to respond to or describe the picture below.
This is a picture of Bran Castle in Romania, taken by PMatlock.… Read the rest
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Gothic Detroit, Part 1
This past weekend, when I was touring my book in Michigan, I had the first opportunity in a couple years to visit Detroit.
Of course, the city’s national and international reputation has been legendary for most of its existence, and most recently by its bizarre status as a sort of non-America within America; a disempowered place with almost a million residents, terrible statistics for crime, poverty, and abandonment, and so on.… Read the rest
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“Is This Gothic?” #7
The new Smashing Pumpkins project, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope… is it Gothic?
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You Tell Me: Hidden Gothic? Not Gothic?
Two questions today:
1. What is a flim/play/art object that you believe to be “hidden” or “submerged” Gothic? By this I mean that the Gothic is present, but its elements are obscured by another, more conspicuous, genre.
2. What is a film/play/art object that you consider to be thoroughly “not” Gothic, but of which you would be interested in seeing a Gothicized version?… Read the rest
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“Is This Gothic?” #6
Is this ring Gothic?
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Vamps vs. Goths
Behold! I have returned from the temporal Siberia that is book publication and promotion and should be posting again as of now. And what better way to return than with an episode of South Park?
“Is This Gothic?” #5
Are Dr. Wiley’s castles (a feature of the Megaman video game franchise)…
Gothic?
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