Reviews
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‘Gothicka: Vampire Heroes, Human Gods, and the New Supernatural’
‘Gothicka: Vampire Heroes, Human Gods, and the New Supernatural’ is an attempt to explain, as accurately and in the simplest…
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The Cultural Afterlife of the Victorian Freak Show
In her book, Helen Davies explores the representation in neo-Victorian re-imaginings of freak show performers and questions us about bodily…
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Egyptology And Occultism In Kenneth Anger’s ‘Lucifer Rising’
A follower of Thelema, the religion of infamous British occultist Aleister Crowley, Kenneth Anger’s work is imbued with occult themes…
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‘The Demonology Of William Of Auvergne: By Fire And Sword’
William of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris from 1228 until 1249, is one of the major figures in the medieval history…
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Owen Davies’ ‘Grimoires: A History of Magic Books’
This “history of magic books” might equally have been subtitled a “history of magic through books.” Not all forms of…
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A Review Of ‘Alan Moore and the Gothic Tradition’ Book
Reading Alan Moore’s works in relation to the Gothic tradition is like looking into the abyss: it is an overwhelming,…
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‘Dangerous Bodies: Historicising the Gothic Corporeal’ Book
The book provides original readings of canonical Gothic literary and film texts including ‘The Castle of Otranto,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Dracula’ and…
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‘The Gothic And The Carnivalesque In American Culture’ Book
In truth, ‘The Gothic and the Carnivalesque in American Culture’ is an exploration of the carnivalesque in “American Gothic,” tracing…
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Iggy Pop gives Bogotá an electric performance
Iggy Pop delivered an incredible show on Thursday October 6th at the Royal Center in Bogotá, Colombia treating fans to…
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Amphi Festival 2016 return to Tanzbrunnen Cologne, Germany
The Tanzbrunnen Cologne, which had gotten close to our hearts and characterised the Amphi Festival sustainably from 2006 till 2014,…
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Prophecy Fest 2016 for Those Who Indulge the Spiritual
Prophecy Fest took take place in the Balver Höhle, in Germany. A cave where the mystical and malicious blacksmith Wieland…
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Suicidal Tendencies brought it hard at Festival Rock al Parque
Hardcore as a musical genre in Colombia that has remained mostly in the underground side of Rock. For most of…
