“The Queer Victorian Gothic” with Brontë Schiltz

Are you ready to descend into the weird world of queer Gothic writing, spooky sexology, and gay ghouls? Brontë Schiltz is an expert on all of these and so much more. We speak about the televisual Gothic and about several of Brontë’s favourite Victorian writers, including masc heartthrob Vernon Lee. If you’re into fun facts about blood transfusions and half-human, half-snake main characters, this episode is for you.  References:Manchester Centre for Gothic StudiesVernon Lee (1856-1935)Ali SmithSarah WatersTelevisual gothicA Ghost Story For ChristmasM.R. James“The Dead Room”Mark GatissThe Oxford Book of Gothic TalesChris BaldickNigel KnealeMatthew Lewis’ The MonkOscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian GrayJen Beagin’s Big SwissKarl Heinrich Ulrichs’ ManorSexology“Plain Reasons Against Sodomy”Horace WalpoleJohn Addington SymondsDraculaGeorge Haggerty’s Queer GothicJohn Singer SargentClementina Anstruther-ThomsonAffect studiesVernon Lee’s Hauntings“A Wicked Voice”“Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady”Megan MilksAli Smith’s Hotel WorldMiskatonic Institute of Horror StudiesThe Horse Hospital https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/miskatonic-televisualgothic  Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:     What is the Gothic? What did you know about the Gothic before listening and what did you learn from Brontë?     How is the Gothic queer?     Why is the Victorian period an interesting time to look at queerness?     How does Brontë speak about queerness in relation to illness?     What is your favourite spooky story?