Emma Garman
@emmagarman.bsky.social
My latest @myhnn.bsky.social series installment looks at versions of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley's original, Alasdair Gray's Poor Things, Ahmed Saadawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad, + the future-proof industry of movies such as the new Netflix adaptation starring Oscar Isaac as Dr F. tinyurl.com/mw99au3
August 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
My latest @myhnn.bsky.social series installment looks at versions of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley's original, Alasdair Gray's Poor Things, Ahmed Saadawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad, + the future-proof industry of movies such as the new Netflix adaptation starring Oscar Isaac as Dr F. tinyurl.com/mw99au3
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Before you watch Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of Frankenstein, read @emmagarman.bsky.social on Frankenstein, found documents, and history. www.hnn.us/article/fram...
Framing Frankenstein
Comparing the dueling versions of history found in Gothic fiction.
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August 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Before you watch Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of Frankenstein, read @emmagarman.bsky.social on Frankenstein, found documents, and history. www.hnn.us/article/fram...
My face is in The Bookseller!!
Virago has pre-empted critic and journalist @emmagarman.bsky.social’s debut novel, The Kindness of Strangers, a “tautly plotted tale of perilous self-invention, complicated love and righteous revenge” 👇 #BookSky
Virago pre-empts Emma Garman’s debut The Kindness of Strangers
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May 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My face is in The Bookseller!!
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The latest in @emmagarman.bsky.social’s series on found documents and fiction, on Pale Fire as a dynamic historical organism: “We, too, must apply almost Kinbote-levels of literary divination if we’re to appreciate the historical framework of Pale Fire.” www.hnn.us/article/secr...
Secret Communions
In Nabokov’s Pale Fire, the biggest drama takes place off the page, in the psychological interplay between author and reader.
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January 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The latest in @emmagarman.bsky.social’s series on found documents and fiction, on Pale Fire as a dynamic historical organism: “We, too, must apply almost Kinbote-levels of literary divination if we’re to appreciate the historical framework of Pale Fire.” www.hnn.us/article/secr...
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Always read @emmagarman.bsky.social! The history of reading fiction as history — the first piece in a new series on found documents in literature. www.hnn.us/article/a-ki...
May 22, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Always read @emmagarman.bsky.social! The history of reading fiction as history — the first piece in a new series on found documents in literature. www.hnn.us/article/a-ki...
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Read @emmagarman.bsky.social on literature masquerading as primary source. At a time when the word “fiction” carried only negative connotations of deception and mendacity, the contrivance of “real” primary sources reassured readers of a story’s legitimacy. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/a-ki...
May 21, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Read @emmagarman.bsky.social on literature masquerading as primary source. At a time when the word “fiction” carried only negative connotations of deception and mendacity, the contrivance of “real” primary sources reassured readers of a story’s legitimacy. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/a-ki...