In this episode I'm joined by my Dracula Vibes panel, Drs Madeline Potter, Theadora Jean and Daniel Kasper!
We discuss how Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's novella Carmilla influenced Dracula, and the legacy Le Fanu's work has today. We consider the queer elements of the work, as well as the way Anglo-Irish identity features in Le Fanu's writing. We think about the way frame narrative benefits Gothic literature overall, and also how a Le Fanu renaissance could be occurring in academia and beyond, to raise the profile of these Gothic works.
Bios: Dr Madeline Potter is an early career teaching & research fellow in the long 19th century at the University of Edinburgh. She works on 19th century gothic literature and theology, with a focus on monstrosity.. Her academic monograph, Theological Monsters: Religion and Irish Gothic, is forthcoming with University of Wales Press. She is also writing a trade book, The Roma: A Travelling History, to be published by The Bodley Head in the UK and Harper Collins in the USA.
Dr Theadora Jean is a Gothic scholar and writer. She recently completed her creative-critical doctorate at Royal Holloway, and her research specialisms include the 19th century, Dracula adaptation, Romanticism, anti-racism, and interdisciplinarity. Her creative work is published under the name T.S.J. Harling.
Dr Daniel Kasper is an Instructor of English at the University of Texas Arlington, studying the Gothic, Dracula, Shirley Jackson, Victorians, and feminism. His work appears in the journal Women's Studies, the collection Shirley Jackson: A Companion, and is forthcoming in an edited collection on Gothic Nostalgia, talking about Mary Poppins Returns.
Check out the panel's Le Fanu suggestions:
- Carmilla
- In a Glass Darkly
- Uncle Silas
- Green Tea
- Schalken the Painter
- Madam Crowl's Ghost
Episode Credits: Episode Writer, Editor and Producer: Emma Catan
Music: Burning Steaks (by Stationary Sign) - obtained via EpidemicSound
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