Browsing by Subject "Gothic"
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Are You Hungrier Than a Fifth Grader? The Rise of the Monstrous Child in The Walking Dead
(2016-09-01)Contemporary Western zombie narratives have become overrun with the little girl zombie. This figure exists in a liminal space: its function in the narrative is difficult to pinpoint because—even as monster—it is often ... -
FLANNERY O'CONNOR, TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, AND SHIRLEY JACKSON: CRAFTING POSTWAR MATERNITY AS CULTURAL NIGHTMARE
(2021-01-07)This dissertation argues that Flannery O’Connor, Tennessee Williams, and Shirley Jackson all employ gothic representations of maternity, what Madelon Sprengnether calls “the spectral mother,” in their gothic works. Through ... -
The Horrors of Capital: Violence and Commodities in Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories
(2023-08-28)This paper analyzes four of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, "Berenice," "The Tell Tale Heart," "The Black Cat" and "The Imp of the Perverse," in which a first-person narrator commits acts of violence against others. The ... -
Political Atheism vs. The Divine Right of Kings: Understanding 'The Fairy of the Lake' (1801)
(2014-05-01)In 'Political Atheism vs. The Divine Right of Kings,' I build on Thompson and Scrivener’s work analysing John Thelwall’s play 'The Fairy of the Lake' as a political allegory, arguing all religious symbolism in 'FL' to ...