For a course at the Oscher LifeLong Learning Institute at George Mason University Day: Wednesay mid-day, 11:45 to 1:15 pm, June 22 – July 27 6 sessions In Person (location of building: 4210 Roberts Road, Fairfax, Va, Tallwood) Dr Ellen Moody Sensation and Gothic Novels, Then and Now In this course we will read Wilkie […]
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Breaking Bad: 2:11-13: American gothic
Posted in film studies, mini-series, political novels/films, soap opera, TV, tagged Breaking Bad, classic movies, TV mini-series on May 26, 2014| 5 Comments »
Skylar (Anna Gunn) to Walt (Bryan Cranston): get the fuck out Dear friends and readers, I know I said I was done with Breaking Bad, but when 3 episodes of season 2 unexpected arrived (I had called for something else which was “delayed” and had forgotten to erase these), and watched, I found myself right […]
Contemporary gothic Shakespeare’s Richard III
Posted in gothic, literary scholarly work, political novels/films, Theater, tagged European Renaissance, Renaissance, shakespeare on February 15, 2014| 2 Comments »
The evocative set Richard and Stanley right behind him Dear friends and readers, This is to add to a chorus of praise for the production of Richard III playing this month through early March of Shakespeare’s Richard III at the Folger. Izzy and I saw it tonight and by the time we were into the […]
Some thoughts on “costume gothics”: aka film adaptation
Posted in Costume drama, Film adaptations, film studies, historical fiction, Trollope, women's art, womens' films, tagged marital rape, ralph fiennes on January 28, 2011| 3 Comments »
Long shot: The Duchess walking away from the Grey family after giving her newborn to that family. By contrast, Duke kept mistress as the duchess’s companion, & his illegitimate children he has too, a daughter from a liaison Georgiana mothered. At the same time how beautiful the scene … Keira Knightley in Gainsborough style hat: […]