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True Detective is an HBO anthology series made up, currently, of 3 seasons. The initial eight-part mini-series (now known as season 1), which aired in 2014, is set in Louisiana, USA. Season 1 follows a pair of homicide detectives, Rustin Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson), as they investigate a case which begins with the discovery of a murdered prostitute. The Gothic aspects of the series are presented as eternal, universal, and contextually realistic, resulting in an affective and lasting portrayal of what the Gothic may mean in a contemporary, Southern setting. Today on Generally Gothic, this is what we will begin to explore through a close textual analysis of True Detective, Season 1. Head to generallygothic.com/blog to read the latest 🥀Southern Spell🥀series blog post: 'True Detective Season 1 Analysis, Part 1: 'Time if a Flat Circle''. 🔗: Link in bio! 📆: Part 2 next week. 📸: 'True Detective' opening sequence, 2014, HBO. . #generallygothic #gothic #southernspell #southerngothic #truedetectiveseason1 #truedetective #filmtheory #literarytheory #tvreview #criticalanalysis #researchpaper #southerngothicnovel #williamfaulkner #freud #nietzsche #roethke #theodoreroethke #poetry #cinematography #matthewmcconaughey #woodyharrelson #hbo #series #anthologyseries #season #blogger #blogpost #newblogpost #wordpress #academic https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ZNWxjAllQ/?igshid=1rang2gnu2fn6

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𝕸𝖆𝖐𝖊𝖚𝖕 𝕸𝖔𝖓𝖉𝖆𝖞 🔮 𝔤𝔢𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔠𝔥𝔠𝔯𝔞𝔣𝔱 🖤 Good evening, tonight I'm posting a simpler dark look with the sole purpose of giving a big shoutout to @stargazerproducts for their RED 👏 LIQUID 👏 EYELINER👏 😱 ZOMG 🔥 . Also sneak peek at my new goldfishy manicure by @chowmoji 🐠 . 👁 : I've fully embraced the @bennyemakeup magicake train here. Using black for the geometric outer lids and setting with black shadow. Stargazer black liner at the lid and red liner as accents. @makeupforeverofficial star powder as eye highlight. . 💋: @limecrimemakeup black velvet velvetine liquid lipstick with acid diamond crushers in the center. But I'm experimenting with this new shape where I leave the very outer corners out. It changed the proportion of my lip to make my already smaller lips a bit poutier without having to over draw them in the center. . Geometry is probably my second favorite thing to nerd out about, next to Color Theory! . #makeupmonday #motd #makeupoftheday #atxwitches #austinwitches #gothgirl #witchesofinstagram #instawitch #witchplease #spellonwheels #spellyalater #southernspelle #HEXkitten #doyouthinkimhexy (at Barracuda Austin) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw3HKDPFLsi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nsqzq5nkg807

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"𝕲𝖔 𝖆𝖘 𝖋𝖆𝖗 𝖆𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖆𝖓 -- 𝖜𝖆𝖞 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖗𝖆𝖜𝖉𝖆𝖉𝖘 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌." -Delia Owens 🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯 I finished 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter' yesterday, and... wow! A fair few of you expressed interest in reading it for yourselves so no spoilers, but... wow! This has bagged a spot in my fave reads of the year so far and, yep, probably ever. Did I mention "... wow!"? 🦞 As I've seamlessly slipped under a 🥀Southern Spell🥀 - which would have been my July theme were I organised - today I'm sharing a backdated review of a book that fits the theme. I read Delia Owens 'Where the Crawdads Sing' (2018) in February, during lockdown number ?'. I, therefore, did not know that this book was on every display stand, in every not-very-literary bookselling space. Good job, because I'm a recovering book snob - trying to avoid avoiding bestsellers and newcomers, whilst still supporting independent sellers and buying secondhand ✌🌍. Reading habits are political, don't ya know? Anyway... 🦞 Set in the marshlands of North Carolina, 'Crawdads' is an ode to oddity, to nature, to growing up and figuring yourself out. The wilds of the damp, deep south are an alluring and unfamiliar setting; Owens immerses you, enabling utter, bone-warming escapism. To our young protagonist, Kya, the marsh is the only home she has ever known; it is a part of her very being. Known, unkindly, as the 'Marsh Girl' about town, Kya's is a tale of isolation and liberation, with murder and romance at its core. 🦞 Navigating familiar Southern Gothic themes such as poverty, racial injustice, and loneliness, Owens lacks the gravity of McCullers or O'Connor. I would term 'Crawdads' "soft Southern Gothic" - a poor white girl fairytale that just might fall apart if you pick too closely... Nonetheless, it is an altogether engrossing tale and I thoroughly enjoyed a little marshland adventure. Have you read this one? 🦞 🔗in bio to McCullers audio-review! . #wherethecrawdadssing #deliaowens #bookstagram #bookreview #southerngothic #southernlit #americanliterature #generallygothic #gothic #booknerd #spookynerd #southernspell #northcarolina #flanneryoconnor #carsonmccullers https://www.instagram.com/p/CR5_b76LkS3/?utm_medium=tumblr

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"𝕳𝖊 𝖜𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖞 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖑𝖊𝖊𝖕𝖋𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖗𝖞𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊, 𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖑𝖞 𝖔𝖓 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖘𝖔𝖋𝖙𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖓 𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖊𝖘, 𝖕𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐 𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉..." - Cormac McCarthy 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 Buildings, houses, and homes have been a recurring trope throughout this month's 🥀Southern Spell🥀. So far, I have only shared literature from my [forever ongoing because I heart it very much] exploration of the Southern Gothic, which means that without existing knowledge or ability to visualise an author's descriptions with complete precision, the types of buildings I'm discussing may be unfamiliar to you. The range of architecture within the Southern Gothic is grand and imposing, humble, rickety, and/or decaying... I may gather a portfolio of dream houses and nightmarish history to share on the blog with a more in-depth look at the architecture of the American south one day, but for now, here's a quick glimpse through the iconic photography of Dorothea Lange (1895 - 1965). Pictured is an antebellum plantation house built before the Civil War. Photographed in 1937, it is a shadow of its proud former self. Swipe for a glimpse at the faded interior, and the woman who, along with her partner, made home of it then. To learn more about the American Civil War and its influence on the uniquely American Southern Gothic subgenre, check out my latest blog post. 🔗: in bio. 🕷 📖The Readalong: Week 4📖 Seeking southern god(s) in 'The Paperhanger', by William Gay (2000). 🔗: PDF in bio. Will you join me? 🕷 📸: Antebellum Plantation, Greene County, Georgia, Dorothea Lange, 1937. . #southernspell #southerngothic #bookstagram #bookish #readalong #bookclub #gothicliterature #bookworm #books #spookynerd #academic #americanliterature #americangothic #literaryhistory #darkacademia #spookynerd #civilwar #history #americangothicarchitecture #blackandwhitephotography #dorothelange #1930s #slavery #antiracism #antebellumarchitecture #plantation #southerarchitecture #cormacmccarthy #southernhouse #suttree https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMAlpoAsxE/?igshid=tn04gbcleugm

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"[𝕴]𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖌𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖈 𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖓𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖒𝖊𝖉 𝖇𝖞 𝖎𝖙𝖘 𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖝𝖙, 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖔 𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍 𝖌𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖈 𝖉𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖊." - Teresa A Goddu 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 Situated firmly in the Civil War’s south, the narrative events of William Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’ (1930) span roughly 70 years. The short story begins following the death of the titular Miss Emily Grierson who, born around the time of the Civil War, places the narrative present day around 1930. As mayor of the fictional town of Jefferson, Mississippi, where the narrative is set, Colonel Sartoris is representative of former southern glory. He is the wealthy, powerful, white man; charming and problematic in equal measure. He is racist, and he looks favourably upon Miss Emily as a relic of these same elitist ideals. Miss Emily is a remnant of the past, now dead. Upon crossing the threshold of her private gothic space, the townsfolk’s impression of Miss Emily is shattered. In its place is a haunting reality – an image that grows more horrific the longer you look… I have put together a history of the American Civil War (which I appreciate will be very familiar to some of you, and totally new to others) to provide context for your responses to 'A Rose for Emily'. 🔗: link in bio, which includes prompts to get you thinking! I'd love to know what you thought of 'A Rose for Emily', of Miss Emily, of her house, of her hair... The PDF is still in bio - it's not too late to join! 🕷 📖The Readalong: Week 4📖 For the final week, I will be seeking southern god(s) in 'The Paperhanger', by William Gay (2000). Will you join me? 🔗: PDF in bio. . #southerngothic #southernspell #williamfaulkner #aroseforemily #southernamerican #southernliterature #americangothic #americanliterature #shortstory #faulkner #modernist #gothic #gothicliterature #bookworm #bookclub #bookish #bookstagram #readalong #bookclub #spookynerd #generallygothic #currentlyreading #williamgay #thepaperhanger #horror #bookreview #bookblogger #academia #darkacademia https://www.instagram.com/p/CDB-coLAAxS/?igshid=2ic3m6n6f1op

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[𝕬] 𝖈𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖉 𝖇𝖎𝖗𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖘 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒𝖘 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖜 𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖙𝖘 𝖔𝖓 𝖆 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖘𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒" - Maya Angelou 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 Beginning this book on Kindle, I didn't realise 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was part one of five volumes comprising Angelou's autobiography. It passed the paperback test (if I connect with a book on Kindle, I will always switch to paperback around the middle, if the option is available to me), though the ending, or lack thereof, was a shock... entirely due to my ignorance! Angelou's words had already taken hold of me on some elemental level when I first experienced her poetry years ago. I regret keeping this text on my tbr so long, but have been interested by the Southern Gothic traits in a work of literary non-fiction. This, really, emphasises the influence of history upon the subgenre. It is the problematic role of the divided south[ern American states] that feeds horror into reality. Angelou's own experiences are traumatic and grotesque; her strength, poise, and determination are undeniably inspirational... but, mostly, all I want for little Angelou is a stable home. And so we return to the Southern Gothic representation of 'house'. It is, avoiding direct spoilers & trigger warnings, under her estranged mother's roof that a young Angelou is irrevocably scarred. If safety cannot be found in the home, and if the home itself cannot be found, how is anything but a Gothic existence possible? 🤔: What do you think: Can we apply literary genres to works of autobiography? Is this is the other side to the question: Can literature ever be read without context? 🕷 📖The Readalong: Week 2📖 Don't forget this week's short story readalong - exploring the role of race and regionalism in 'Drenched in Light', by Zora Neale Hurston (1924). 🔗: PDF in bio. 📚: Are you in? Let me know below, or in stories 🖤. . #mayaangelou #iknowwhythecagedbirdsings #cagedbird #autobiography #southernliterature #gothictrope #southerngothic #southernspell #americangothic #readersofinstagram #goodreads #bookstagram #books #bookaesthetic #gothic #spookynerd #academic #bookreview #blm #blackwriters #blackhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CCoac6PgLyA/?igshid=aj7fem69xa8w

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"𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝖉𝖔𝖌. 𝕳𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖙𝖔𝖔. 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖑𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖉. 𝕴𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖌𝖔𝖓𝖊, 𝖑𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖌𝖔𝖓𝖊." - Cormac McCarthy 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 At the very core of the gothic is architecture. It provides the language and landscape of the literature. Out of a house the first gothic story erupted in 1764... which in turn had a house (albeit an immodest one, i.e. a castle) directly at its centre. Though Faulkner is commonly thought of as the progenitor of the Southern Gothic, as I suggested on Friday, the subgenre arguably began nearly a hundred years earlier with Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher', which also has a pivotally placed house. Alongside the architecture, duality and division are key elements of the specifically Southern Gothic. Devoid of grand or dilapidated (under the weight of heavy history) architecture of the American south in my current location, I came across this waterside structure the other day, which brought Cormac McCarthy's semi-autobiographical novel 'Suttree' (1979, set in 1950s Tennessee) to mind. According to Willard P. Greenwood, author of 'Reading Cormac McCarthy', the titular Cornelius Suttree "inhabits a simultaneous gothic and comic atmosphere. The poverty, drinking, and homelessness provide the gothic sensibility..." I find it interesting that a subgenre which begins with the literal fall of a family home, and all that that symbolises, is exploring homelessness by the middle of the next century. The varied experiences of homelessness are explored in Suttree, Harrogate, and Michael "the Indian". The role of the house remains pivotal; its absence in McCarthy transcends the gothic beyond loss of wealth and family to the tumultuous lack of basic security. Greenwood is right; 'Suttree' is many things. It is deep, poetic, utterly depressing, infurtiating, continually comical, and, as a result, undeniably gothic. . #suttree #cormacmccarthy #southerngothic #southernspell #bookstagram #bookworm #bookreview #bookish #americangothic #southern #gothicnovel #americanfiction #spookynerd #academic #englishliterature #americanloliterature #gothicgenre #poe #edgarallanpoe https://www.instagram.com/p/CCjmabFAj1F/?igshid=h0wlqrexqphu

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“𝕴𝖙𝖘 𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖕𝖆𝖑 𝖋𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝖘𝖊𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖆𝖓 𝖊𝖝𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖙𝖞. 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖘 𝖍𝖆𝖉 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙.” - Edgar Allan Poe 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 First published in 1839, Poe captures the musicality of melancholy from the first alliterative line of 'The Fall of the House of Usher'. We know it is gothic because it is Poe's, but he gives us clues nonetheless. "Peculiar sounds," "horror," "terror," "fear," & "unnatural sensations" are all apparent in a single glance. At its centre is a "mansion of gloom" with a "Gothic archway" &"a family evil" - familiar tropes of the gothic mode, made so, in part, by his very hand. Leaving them there, this is where we fall under the 🥀Southern Spell🥀. There is an argument the Southern Gothic as setting alone. 🤔 Do you agree? There is another stronger argument, I believe, for the presence of particular aspects, related undeniably to place, yet more than simply 'setting'; uniquely southern themes. Decline is a major theme in 'The Fall...'; the house exposes "a wild inconsistency between its still perfect adaptation of parts, and the crumbling condition of the individual stones." These "crumbling individual stones" are: mental well-being | the individual the Usher bloodline | the familial the South | the collective. For my full thoughts, & questions for you to consider, read 'Southern Gothic Foundations'. 🔗: in bio. I'm excited to hear what you thought below/in the blog comments! 🕷 📖The Readalong: Week 2📖 Exploring the role of race and regionalism in 'Drenched in Light', by Zora Neale Hurston (1924). 🔗: PDF in bio. . #edgarallanpoe #thefallofthehouseofusher #poe #americangothic #southerngothic #southernspell #readalong #generallygothicbookclub #americanliterature #gothic #bookstagram #darkacademia #melancholy #americanhistory #southernhistory #zoranealehurston #drenchedinlight #currentlyreading #spookynerd #generallygothic https://www.instagram.com/p/CCdphPtAD_5/?igshid=1hjhtys6768ua

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"𝕬𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖓𝖙, 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖓 𝖘𝖙𝖚𝖉𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖆𝖐𝖊𝖘 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖊 𝖆𝖙 𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖘𝖗𝖔𝖆𝖉𝖘." - Barbara Ladd 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 Bookmail has arrived! Two newly acquired Southern Gothic novels for my month's reading are: 🥀 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', Zora Neale Hurston (1937), and 🥀 'Twilight', William Gay (2006). If you'd like to readalong with me (nothing formal), let me know. 🕷 📖 Short Story Readalongs 📖 This July I will also be reading 4 short Southern Gothic stories, and you're all invited to read with me. Each Friday I will discuss the story on my feed and announce what's coming next. If there's interest in a group chat, as some of us have enjoyed before, I'll happily set one up each week, allowing a full week to leisurely read and discuss. Low pressure and all welcome, as always... Before I announce the first story, a reminder: please check stories so I can gauge interest. Thank you! 🕷 📖The Readalong: Week 1📖 Exploring the foundations of the Southern Gothic in 'The Fall of the House of Usher', by Edgar Allan Poe (1839). 🔗: Link to free digital copy of the text in bio. I'm looking forward to rereading this classic piece of Gothic short fiction, now under the 🥀Southern Spell🥀 & I hope you decide to join me! . #readalong #gothicnovel #gothicfiction #horror #americangothic #americanliterature #south #bookmail #bookhaul #bookish #newbooks #bookclub #bookworm #southerngothic #southernspell #bookcover #bookblogger #williamgay #twilight #blackauthors #antiracism #zoranealehurston #theireyeswerewatchinggod #generallygothicbookclub #darkacademia #academic #spookynerd https://www.instagram.com/p/CCL_WolgPYa/?igshid=1x8qx2lerfbv2

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𝕴𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖋𝖎𝖊𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖌𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖈 𝖉𝖔𝖔𝖒 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖌𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖒, 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕬𝖒𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝕾𝖔𝖚𝖙𝖍 𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖛𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓'𝖘 '𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗'. - Teresa Goddu 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 It seems logical to begin the 🥀Southern Spell🥀 with a definition of the Southern Gothic, but it's not as simple as that... Nothing ever is in the [capitalised or not?] gothic [genre... or mode?]! The evolution of the Southern Gothic is something I'll be exploring throughout the month, with the help of texts like these. For now, I will offer the following quote, which begins to identify the significance of place within the Southern Gothic: "The American Gothic is most recognisable as a regional form. Identified with gothic doom and gloom, the American South serves as the nation's 'other', becoming the repository for everything from which the nation wishes to dissociate itself. The benighted South is able to support the irrational impulses of the gothic that the nation as a whole, born of Enlightenment ideals, cannot." - Teresa Goddu 🤔: Where do you turn to for genre definitions? Is there an encyclopedia of literature/the gothic I should know about? 📚: I am due some bookmail tomorrow, so stay tuned for readalong announcements then! 🔗: If you're seeking a quick Gothic read with a strong sense of place, check out the top link in bio for a review of 'The Hala Tree Walks in Darkness', complete with a link to read the short story free online in @new_gothic_review Vol.! . #southerngothic #southernspell #americangothic #gothicnovel #gothicfiction #horror #americanliterature #genre #classicliterature #gothic #generallygothic #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookish #bookworm #academia #reading #generallygothic #spookynerd #darkacademia #faulkner #beloved #tonimorrison #flanneryoconnor #cormacmccarthy #readalong #bookstack #bookmail https://www.instagram.com/p/CCJ5aGVgE8p/?igshid=1kmuiulwq3mqd

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The final 🥀Southern Spell🥀 blog post is up: 'True Detective' Season 1 Analysis, Part 2: 'The Eternality of the Gothic'. 🔗: Link in bio. As Rust says "like a lot of dreams, there's a monster at the end of it," which brings us neatly onto the month 🧟‍♂️Of Monsters and Men🧟‍♂️, which will take place for the duration of August. 📸: 'True Detective' still, HBO. . #generallygothic #gothic #southernspell #southerngothic #truedetective #hbo #truedetectiveseason1 #ofmonstersandmen #monstersandmen #monsters #blogger #academic #litnerd #filmtheory #tv #newblogpost #newcontent #wordpress #bookworm #bookstagram #gothicliterature #gothicfiction #englishliterature https://www.instagram.com/p/B0o0fgeA90a/?igshid=1hkspj9141498

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Today the 🥀Southern Spell🥀 ends. Tomorrow the second part of the True Detective blog post will be published and a new series/theme will be announced for August. 👉: Make sure you've read part one of the True Detective analysis before then & please leave a comment to let me know what you agree or disagree with, what you like and what you want to see next. 🔗: Link in bio! 👻: Anyone else see the ghost tree?! . #generallygothic #gothic #southernspell #southerngothic #truedetectiveseason1 #truedetective #blogpost #blogger #academic #filmtheory #critic #tv #hbo #film #academic #announcement #august #july #summer #tree #ghost #ghosttree #spooky #forest #woods #trees https://www.instagram.com/p/B0m9uAEgg92/?igshid=1k90o7ly0zf90

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Though he lived & wrote in the American south, Edgar Allan Poe can't exactly be referred to as a Southern Gothic author because the subgenre didn't exist until American novelist Ellen Glasgow (1873 - 1945) created the term to critically describe "the inflamed rabble of impulses in the contemporary Southern novel” ('Heroes and Monsters', in 'The Saturday Review', May 4th 1953) in the mid C20th - but he still is. Early signs of the genre appear in Poe's work, such as 'The Fall of the House of Usher' (1839) & 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket' (1838). Perhaps, then, it would be better to refer to him as a precursor and credit his work as an influence upon the later occuring Southern Gothic of the mid-1900s. William Moss suggests that "on the ruins of the house of Usher, Poe lays the foundations of a Southern Gothic" - this, I think, is an accurate assertion. What do you think: is Poe the first author of the Southern Gothic, or a strong influence upon a future genre? 📌: This beautiful pin is from the Gothic Literature Collection by @litemporium. The recipient of this "gift[s] for book lovers" was... myself & I'm very excited to finally own it! . #generallygothic #gothic #southernspell #southerngothicnovel #southerngothicliterature #americannovel #americanliterature #literature #literary #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #litnerd #academic #gothicnovel #gothicfiction #poe #edgarallanpoe #litemporium #literaryemporium #pin #pinstagram #pinfestation #literarypins #giftsforbooklovers #southerngothic #thefallofthehouseofusher #thenarrativeofarthurgordonpymofnantucket https://www.instagram.com/p/B0kdy_ugzpw/?igshid=2smugunq40wa

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Based on Davis Grubb's 1953 novel* of the same name, 'The Night of the Hunter' (dir. Charles Laughton,1955) is presented as the benchmark against which all others follow in the BFI's '10 Great Southern Gothic Films' list. Article-author Samuel Wigley writes: "Over time, there have been awkward attempts to purloin Charles Laughton’s singular thriller 'The Night of the Hunter' (1955) for the canon of film noir. But anyone who sees the great actor’s only film as director knows it’s something more than that – a battle between good and evil (the latter incarnated by Robert Mitchum’s fearsome Harry Powell) writ large across Depression-era West Virginia. A self-styled preacher, with the words ‘love’ and ‘hate’ tattooed across his knuckles, Powell is an archetypal figure in southern gothic cinema: a man who has twisted religion to his own perverted ends." 🤔: The film has an impressive 99% on Rotten Tomatoes & is a firm Generally Gothic favourite. Have you seen it? Do you agree with this rating? 📖: *Another one to add to the to-read pile! 📸: 'The Night of the Hunter', Charles Laughton, 1955. . #generallygothic #gothic #southernspell #thenightofthehunter #davisgrubb #charleslaughton #robertmitchum #rottentomatoes #99percent #toread #toberead #blackandwhite #blackandwhitefilm #southerngothic #southerngothicnovel #southerngothicfilm #bfi #britishfilminstitute #filmtheory #filmcritic #film #thriller #filmnoir #westvirginia #depressionera #depression #thegreatdepression #religion #preacherman #filmadaptation https://www.instagram.com/p/B0gr8fKAj-G/?igshid=1680w2ow8ahcg

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In The New York Times Book Review, Richard Bernstein referred to Williams Gay's 2006 novel 'Twilight' (no relation to the sparkly vampires) as: "almost textbook Southern Gothic, with its elements of the grotesque, it's psychological extremes and its fixation on violence and sex." High praise indeed! Not only was this Faber and Faber copy of Gay's posthumously published 'Little Sister Death' (2015) more photogenic than any covers of 'Twilight', it's also been on my 'to-read' list for ages. 🤔: So, I turn to you. Have any of you read it? Would you recommend I get it, immediately?! 👉: This post follows on from yesterday's 🥀Southern Spell🥀 post, which introduced Southern Gothic author, William Gay. Check it out to read more! 📸: @faberbooks . #generallygothic #gothic #southernspell #southerngothic #williamgay #twilight #williamgaytwilight #littlesisterdeath #posthumous #posthumouslypublished #lostnovel #lostwork #foundnovel #americannovel #americanliterature #southerngothicnovel #blairwitch #theblairwitchproject #witch #folklore #fable #thenewyorktimes #thenewyorktimesbookreview #bookreview #bookworm #literature #faberandfaber #coverart #bookcover #booksbooksbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/B0d0Y7GAHSW/?igshid=h0y666zkxl3o

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American author, William Elbert Gay, served in the navy during the Vietnam War and spent much of his life working as a tradesman. Despite writing since his teens - and continually submitting his work for publication - he did not truly begin his professional writing career until he was in his 50s. By this point he had returned to Tennessee, where he was born in 1941, would later die in 2012, and his narratives are largely set. In continually returning to the same realistic yet fictional, mid-century southern location, the comparisons to William Faulkner begin. Gay himself also credited Flannery O'Connor and Cormac McCarthy as influences. 👉: Check stories for more on the 3 other referenced authors. 👉: And come back tomorrow for more on Gay himself. . #generallygothic #gothic #southernspell #southerngothicnovel #southerngothic #williamgay #williamelbertgay #williamfaulkner #flanneryoconnor #cormacmccarthy #gothicauthor #gothicnovel #gothicfiction #graveyard #cemetery #tennessee #southernamerica #southernstates #americanauthor #americannovel #americanfiction #books #bookstagram #trees #academic #bookworm #booksbooksbooks #vietnamwar #booklover #literature https://www.instagram.com/p/B0cuKctgujE/?igshid=1ih49yg11xzpk