Scalpel and Metaphor: The Ceremony of Organ Harvest in Gothic Science Fiction
Journal Article
Wasson, S. (2015)
Scalpel and Metaphor: The Ceremony of Organ Harvest in Gothic Science Fiction. Gothic Studies, 17, 104-123. https://doi.org/10.7227/GS.17.1.8
In organ transfer, tissue moves through a web of language. Metaphors reclassify the tissue to enable its redeployment, framing the process for practitioners and public. The pr...
Recalcitrant Tissue: Organ Transfer and the Struggle for Narrative Control.
Book
Wasson, S. (2014)
Recalcitrant Tissue: Organ Transfer and the Struggle for Narrative Control. In J. Edwards (Ed.), Technologies of the Gothic in Literature and Culture: Technogothics, 99-112. Routledge
The Gothic has long been interested in failed communities, the snapping or violating of ties between kin or neighbours. As the Gothic mutates into new forms today, it is incre...
Convict Voices: Women, Class and Writing about Prison in Nineteenth-Century England
Book
Schwan, A. (2014)
Convict Voices: Women, Class and Writing about Prison in Nineteenth-Century England. University of New Hampshire Press
In this lively study of the development and transformation of voices of female offenders in nineteenth-century England, Anne Schwan analyzes a range of colorful sources, inclu...
Gothic Cities and Suburbs, 1880-present.
Book
Wasson, S. (2013)
Gothic Cities and Suburbs, 1880-present. In G. Byron, & D. Townshend (Eds.), The Gothic World, 132-142. Routledge
The Gothic: Detection and Science Fiction.
Book
Dryden, L. (2012)
The Gothic: Detection and Science Fiction. In C. McCracken-Flesher (Ed.), Approaches to Teaching the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, 96-103. The Modern Languages Association
An essay on how Stevenson fits into the genre of detection and science fiction literature.
Mutual appreciation: Tagore on nation and nationalism.
Book
Fraser, B. (2011)
Mutual appreciation: Tagore on nation and nationalism. In B. Chakraborty, & K. R. Rajat (Eds.), Rabindranath Tagore Commemorative VolumeVisva-Bharati Press
Gothic Science Fiction 1980 - 2010
Book
Wasson, S., & Alder, E. (2010)
Gothic Science Fiction 1980 - 2010. Liverpool University Press
Olalla's legacy: twentieth century vampire fiction and genetic previvorship
Journal Article
Wasson, S. (2010)
Olalla's legacy: twentieth century vampire fiction and genetic previvorship. Journal of Stevenson Studies, 7, 55-81
Although Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story ‘Olalla’ does not use the word ‘vampire’ at any point, it contains a cluster of motifs that have led critics to identify it as a ...
Conrad and his readers.
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2009)
Conrad and his readers. In A. H. Simmons (Ed.), Joseph Conrad in context (221-228). Cambridge University Press
This is an essay in a special collection called Conrad in Context. The essay discusses Conrad in the context of late-nineteenth-century reading practices.
Introduction
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2009)
Introduction. In Stevenson and Conrad: writers of transition (1-12). Texas Tech University Press
This Introduction assesses Robert Louis Stevenson within the context of the reputation of Joseph Conrad. It discusses the cross-overs between their works, their mutual friends...