The first installment in my online course in “understanding the gothic.”
Right here: http://www.gothicfunkpress.com/blog/understanding-the-gothic-1-in-media-res/… Read the rest
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The painting is L’ombre de Samuel apparaissant à Saül chez la pythonisse d’Endor by 17th-century painter Salvator Rosa. Rosa inspired dozens of English novelists of the macabre. They, in turn, influenced new generations of Gothicists on both sides of the Atlantic, and the influence wore on through to the early 20th-century avant-garde, to hardboiled detective fiction and noir, to rock and electronic music, and, of course, to Goths.… Read the rest
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Photo by Callum Black
So! The Gothic Blog is now about a year old and it’s been pseudo-dormant for much of that time. What’s been the problem? I can think of three, and of course, I’m ultimately responsible for all of them.… Read the rest
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