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Andrew Smith
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Professor of Nineteenth-Century English Literature at the University of Sheffield. Most recent book is 'Dickens and the Gothic' (CUP), currently writing a book on 'Vegetarian Gothic' (CUP).
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The Romancing the Gothic Conference 2025 is now open and waiting for your submissions!

A Warning to the Curious: Ghostly, Supernatural and Weird Tales

Marking the 100th anniversary of MR James collection of the same name!

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CFP for A Warning to The Curious: Ghostly, Supernatural and Weird Tales
An ONLINE conference on 23rd and 24th August 2025 marking the 100th anniversary of MR James A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 10th April 2025 The conference is f…
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January 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Two weeks to go until my last folk horror event of 2024, with two days of DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER running on 7th and 8th December! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i...
November 22, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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Last week I signed off on the final cover text for this, so expect it in January 2025... annoyed to miss the Christmas gift market, but then again Osman has that all tied up anyway.
November 20, 2024 at 10:50 PM
William Hazlitt (essay from 1823, reflecting on 1798). Seems to have got it worked out.
November 18, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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Just published in our ‘Elements in the Gothic’ series: Xavier Aldana Reyes’s splendid new book on contemporary body horror. Available to download for free for the next 2 weeks: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Contemporary Body Horror
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - Contemporary Body Horror
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November 14, 2024 at 9:29 AM