On Saturday 13th, the first Tolkien Seminar of the year, organised by The Tolkien Society, took place. It was an online event, allowing the participation of Tolkienist all around the world, not only from Europe but the Americas, Africa, Oceania and Asia. If you missed the seminar or could not attend but wanted to watch it, do…
Pride and Prejudice Anniversary: Elizabeth Bennet and Nature in the novel and Wright’s 2005 adaptation
On this day, 28 of January, 208 years ago Jane Austen published for the first time her well- known novel Pride and Prejudice. Nowadays, you can find numerous adaptations, movies, series and even novels. I personally dislike romance, I tried reading a modern adaptation of this book, Bridget Jone’s Diary, I never finished it. I…
“The Last Man”: Apocalyptic Late XXI Century – A Commentary
Happy 2021! This is the first blog post of the year, we could not have left January without an entry after reading a very interesting novel, don’t you think? Covid is still lurking out there but we are all taking care. And is not as hopeless as some famous authors had imagined the XX century…
Positive Masculinity in “The Mandalorian”: Din Djarin’s Five Best Qualities in Season Two
I am so happy to announce that this is the last post of the year, time flies fast, and we soon find ourselves talking about The Mandalorian again. Yes! Let’s discuss that amazingly produced Star Wars live-action series. We can clearly see how much the whole team involved on the series love what they are doing, I will leave…
The Monk (Matthew Lewis), Art and Women: The Scandalous Insight
I read The Monk, finally! I am so happy to say that because it has been a book that had been on my to be read list for so long. I first heard about it when I was fifteen years old and I accidentally read spoilers of how it ends, about the characters and also…
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 70th Anniversary- A Gender Overview in Narnia
Today, 16th of October, the classic children’s novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe celebrates its 70th anniversary. The novel written by C. S. Lewis was published in 1950. Originally illustrated by Pauline Baynes, to whom undoubtedly we own the images we have when we imagine Narnia. Happy Narnia Day! I remember reading The…
Oxonmoot 2020: A Review and a Fellowship
Being a Tolkien fan for so long, and someone who has been studying his works, one of my desires was to participate in one of the most important Tolkien fandom (and scholars) events created and organized by the Tolkien Society based in the UK. As I live far away, in Chile, and travelling is not…
Mirror, Mirror: Show Us Lady Audley’s Horror
We have been exploring in the deep dark forest the concepts of terror and horror. If you missed the post you can read in Search of Horror and Terror in the Sublime and The Shadowy Boundary Between Horror and Terror. In this post, we are going to see how horror is present in Mary Elizabeth…
Understanding Monsters: How Monstrosity is Constructed
Today, 30th of August in 1797 Mary Shelley (Mary Godwin Wollstonecraft) was born. She gave us one of the most beautiful and important books ever written: Frankenstein. This month Generally Gothic hosted a discussion on Monstrosity (if you have not heard about her website please visit and see by yourself how interesting, well researched and…
The Secret for Reading and Enjoying Poetry
Have you wondered why some people enjoy reading and listening poetry? Poetry has had different purposes in society, some of these are to teach and express emotions. It is certainly one of the earliest humans inventions for using spoken language. Nowadays, we cannot only find poetry in books but also in everyday language, advertising and…
