Identity, resistance, and doubled gazes in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) and The Handmaiden (2016)

Several fates befall paintings in 2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire – defacement, distortion, conflagration. Early in the film, … More

An Apparition Appears #3

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One of the leading women modernists of the early 20th century, Jessica Dismorr (1885-1939) used her art to respond to … More

I’m Emily, a writer and a picture-maker. My thing is the long nineteenth century and Neo-Victorianism in literature, art, and … More

I was lucky enough to review two texts on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century spirituality for the British Association of Victorian … More

The Company of Wolves is a title in Auteur Publishing’s Devil’s Advocate series, which showcases a range of critical approaches … More

Adam Scovell’s Folk Horror is an excellent primer on the cultural mode, as manifested in fiction, film, music and television. … More

The mayor of Chichester, cllr Martyn Bell, opened The Oxmarket Gallery’s new exhibition at a launch event last night. ‘Father … More

[This story was first published online on the Brighton and Hove Independent website on November 1, 2018. The original story … More

[This story was first published on The British Society for Literature and Science website. The original post can be read … More