Adam Scovell’s Folk Horror is an excellent primer on the cultural mode, as manifested in fiction, film, music and television. … More
Tag: Book
Review: Tuberculosis and Disabled Identity in Nineteenth-Century Literature
[This story was first published on The British Society for Literature and Science website. The original post can be read … More
A Review of Clementine Ford’s Fight Like A Girl
Content warning for both Ford’s book and this review: sexual violence, rape culture, eating disorders, and mental health issues. Note: … More
A Review of The Way of All Flesh
[This story was published on September 3, 2018, on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2018/09/03/review-of-the-way-of-all-flesh-by-ambrose-perry.] A detailed … More
Around the world with George
[This story was originally published in the August 2018 edition of etc magazine. A PDF version of the article is … More
Hidden histories and family drama: a review of Loves, Lives, and Letters
[This story was published on July 24, 2018, on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2018/07/24/hidden-histories-and-family-drama-review-of-lives-loves-and-letters.] – Lives, … More
A review of Social Creature
In the tradition of the Victorian gothic tale, Social Creature is a novel of uncanny doubling. Duality runs throughout Dr … More
A review of Hallows Fell
Thom Burgess’s latest graphic novel and his third supernatural tale of horror Hallows Fell follows businessman Simon as he travels … More
A review of The Snow Witch
Somewhere between a creative reimagining of the archetypal fairy tale ice queen, a plunge into cross-cultural mythologies, and an exploration … More
Lives, Loves, Letters
Five women uncover a house’s fascinating past through a family’s letters. Emily Jessica Turner finds out more [This story was … More
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