Course Description: In his classic essay “The Uncanny” (1919), Sigmund Freud theorized the psychological implications of those aesthetic effects which disturb us, unsettle us, and creep us out without us quite knowing why. While theuncanny or das unheimliche evokes a peculiar form […]
Despite numerous post-apocalyptic storylines, many science fiction texts are a celebration of life and seek ways of making the most of it. Such an interest has informed a broad literary fascination with immortality and rebirth, particularly in nineteenth and early twentieth century […]
Poetry has been an integral part of the Gothic mode since its inception. However, the connection between poetry and the Gothic seems a less explored area of critical inquiry, in comparison to fiction. While the Graveyard Poets and other Anglophone poetry movements […]
Edited by Elana Gomel and Simon Bacon A popular trope in horror and speculative fiction is a cursed archive: a textual communication that is dangerous, forbidden, or contagious. Medieval grimoires and alchemist treatises were early examples of such cursed or forbidden texts. […]
Editors: Simon Bacon ISSN: 2977-0718 Vampires are everywhere. Appearing on streaming services, in book series and on multimedia platforms, vampires and the undead are an integral part of popular culture in the twenty-first century. But vampires have a long and varied history […]
Edited Collection: Rotting Corpses: Ecocritical Approaches to Death and Decomposition Editors: Sara Crosby, Carter Soles, and Ashley Kniss In Julia Kristeva’s seminal work, The Powers of Horror, she describes decay as the “contamination of life by death” (149). She goes on to […]