Madeline Miller’s 2018 international number 1 bestseller, Circe, takes classical Greek literature, in turn based upon classical Greek mythology, as its subject. The title character is perhaps most famous for her appearance in Homer’s ancient epic poem, The Odyssey. This original text follows a war hero named Odysseus on his journey home after ten years… Read More Stone upon Stone: ‘Circe’ Readalong
January has been dedicated (half-absently, thanks to a vicious virus) to the exploration of the Gothic Muses, to historical and artistic influences on our beloved genre. For today’s post, I am delighted to hand the keyboard over to the delectable Decadence and Dark Ages; a professional spooky nerd and devout medieval gothicist! I am particularly… Read More Decadence and Dark Ages’ Guest Post: Medieval Gothic
Warning! The following review includes spoilers; if you’re yet to watch the Dracula (2020) miniseries, I would recommend saving this post and coming back to it once you have.Now, on with the show… [Reading note: Dracula refers to the character, Dracula to the novel, and Dracula (2020) to the TV series in question.] “๐ด ๐๐… Read More But One Word: Dracula (2020)
Hello, spooky nerds!I’m back – I think…โจThanks so much for bearing with me whilst I’ve been absent in illness, and for all the well wishes.โจI had wanted to announce this last Sunday, on Poe’s birthday, but alas I was the unwilling partner of the dancing Red Death. To celebrate having found 500 fellow spooky nerds… Read More Half K Giveaway
โIn the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is strange โ not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. But she has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. When Circeโs gift threatens the gods, she is banished… Read More Generally Gothic Book Club Readalong: ‘Circe’
Welcome to 2020! It is the year of the rat, and so I begin by rummaging through the dark corners of my bookcase for the texts that I have hoarded this past year, but not yet read. “๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ท๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ญ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐พ๐ป๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ผ๐ถ๐ธ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ด๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ – ๐… Read More Words Curling Round Me: 2020 Reading List
Generally Gothic 