Articles from our previous five issues include a comprehensive look at the by the novelist, critic and broadcaster Kim Newman; a theoretical by the academic scholar Jarlath Killeen; Richard Haslam's response to Killeen, a approach; Patricia MacCormack's study of Sheridan Le Fanu, H. P. Lovecraft, an exploration of the 1940s by Mark Jancovich and Leslie Sheldon's examination of and his influence on American Alien Invasion Horror Films of the 1950s.
Other subjects covered in articles from previous issues include Neil Jordan’s the films of John Banville’s Stephen King’s
in Bram Stoker’s Dracula; Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon's graphic novel series, in Contemporary Scottish Men's Fiction; static and slime in . cannibalism in and lots more. To access all five previous issues' articles visit the
Issue Six's sections examine an eclectic mix of books, films, video games, graphic novels, and television programmes from all over the world.
Previous reviews sections include an exploration of horror-inspired cinema's ongoing penchant for the the rise in the recent trend in books about an overview of the publications of and the horror of
For our previous issues' reviews in their entirety visit the
Elizabeth McCarthy and Bernice M. Murphy, Editors.
Welcome to the Sixth issue of The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, a biannual, free, on-line publication devoted to the study of Gothic and Horror in all their varying forms. Our in this issue include an exploration of the pre-cinematic imagination in the work of Sheridan Le Fanu; the role of a feminist Gothic in the poetry of the San Francisco Renaissance writer, Helen Adam; a modern reconfiguration of the politically potent monster, Godzilla, in Cuban cinema; and the artful symbol of hair in Mary Elizabeth Braddon's sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret. Further details about our article contributors, from this issue as well as previous issues, is available on our page.
The journal's section, which is dedicated to resurrecting neglected and underrated personages in horror, includes contributions from Ramsey Campbell, David Punter, Tom Weaver, Peter Hutchings and Bill Warren. The individuals under consideration are a diverse, from the sixth century bishop and chronicler, Gregory of Tours to the 1940s movie Gorilla Man, Charles Gemora! In this issue Graham Tugwell discusses the publisher and co-editor of EC Comics Bill Gaines.
Events Reviews
For complete access to our previous issues' reviews of various Horror-related events please visit our
We will be adding more events reviews to the site as they happen.
To find out more about the journal; its editorial board and editors, visit our page. You will also find information here regarding (call for papers).
The submission deadline for our next issue is NOVEMBER 1st 2009.
