Opinions
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Modern Diabolism, or the “Question of Lucifer” in France
Modern Diabolism is not intended to signify the evolution of some new aspect of old doctrine concerning demonology; instead, it…
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The Cybergoth Community Disseminated Across Dark Webs
A forum of communication driven by the need to connect and forge new friendships enables a culture to form an…
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The Aesthetic Background of Eighteenth-Century Gothic Fiction
At the opening of the eighteenth-century, there is a weakening of conviction of the importance of man’s personal relation to…
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Ideologies And Discourses In Extreme Metal Music
Historically speaking, metal music has always been about provoking a strong reaction, due to ideologies and ideas that are the…
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Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror Creatures In Gothic Fictions
Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s fictions have had an enormous influence on the modern horror genre, but can also help us to…
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The Frightening Pentecostal Accounts Of Demonic Possessions
There are two equals and opposites about demons. One is to disbelieve in their existence, and the other is to…
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Ghosts Of Romanticism In Neil Gaiman’s Children’s Fiction
By evoking hidden memories, Neil Gaiman’s works are envisioned in the tradition of Gothic Fairy tales showing traces of a…
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Idolizing Gods in Hinduism During the Nineteenth-Century
It is beyond the scope of this dissertation to provide a comprehensive history of the role and conceptualization of images…
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Lovecraftian Re-visioning OF The Romantic-Era Gothicism
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an author, letter writer, and poet who lived between 1890 and 1937. His works blend science…
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Early Expressions Of Black Gothic And Slave Narrative Rewritings
Returning to haunt and demand recognition, African American Gothic is more concerned with the problem of monolithic, rigid cultural repression…
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The Freudian Compulsion View In Depressive Suicidal Black Metal
In the postmodern era, the domination of repetition in aesthetics allows for deeper meaning to be conveyed with limited musical…
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The Hunters of Humanity: Creatures of Horror In Ghost Stories
In M.R. James’ ghost stories, the most irrational and fearful aspects of archaic demonology still haunting the modern world are…
