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Dawn Keetley

Pennsylvania

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Prof @LehighEnglish Co-founder of @horrorhomeroom; Author of FOLK GOTHIC and MAKING A MONSTER (about Jesse Pomeroy); Co-ed of FOLK HORROR and PLANT HORROR

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  • Jul 15, 2024 | shepherd.com | Dawn Keetley |Angela Tenga |John Wyndham |Scott Smith

    John Wyndham’s book is the perfect example of “plant horror.” I’ve read this book at very different periods in my life, starting when I was a child–and whatever my age, I’ve always loved it. When you first read the opening–a man awakens one morning in a hospital bed, his eyes bandaged, and finds everything around him eerily quiet–you might find it familiar. It’s a scene famously reprised in the film 28 Days Later and in the first episode of The Walking Dead.

  • Dec 13, 2023 | ir.shareaholic.com | Dawn Keetley

    Since around 2010, folk horror has emerged as an important object of both academic and popular critical study. This Element begins with the claim that ‘folk horror’ as a category has been defined too diffusely, its boundaries stretched too far.

  • Oct 24, 2023 | cambridge.org | Dawn Keetley

    Hostname: page-component-77c89778f8-m8s7hTotal loading time: 0Render date: 2024-07-17T15:57:52.277ZHas data issue: falsehasContentIssue false Published online by Cambridge University Press:  Summary Folk Gothic begins with the assertion that a significant part of what has been categorised as folk horror is more accurately and usefully labelled as Folk Gothic. Through the modifier 'folk', Folk Gothic obviously shares with folk horror its deployment (and frequent fabrication) of diegetic folklore.

  • Jun 23, 2023 | cambridge.org | Dawn Keetley |Jerrold E. Hogle |Matt Foley

    Skip to main contentAccessibility helpAbout this Elements series:A distinct series within the Cambridge Elements project, Elements in the Gothic is committed to publishing cutting-edge, scholarly studies of the Gothic mode across its many interdisciplinary forms and historical manifestations. Since its critical recuperation in the 1980s, scholarly interest in the Gothic has grown exponentially to become the vibrant and highly recruiting area of academic study that it is today.

  • Apr 6, 2023 | press.uchicago.edu | Dawn Keetley |Ruth Heholt

    9781786839794 The first collection of scholarly essays exploring the history and resurgence of folk horror.   While the undisputed heyday of folk horror was 1960-70s Britain, the genre has both a rich literary prehistory and a vibrant contemporary presence. This book rethinks the assumptions that have guided critical writing on the genre in the face of these expansions. Chapters explore a range of subjects including E. F.

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Dawn Keetley
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22 Apr 25

RT @horrorhomeroom: DAY OF THE ANIMALS from 1977 remains one of my favorite 'revenge of nature' #horror films - and is perfect for your Ear…

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20 Apr 25

RT @AndrewJ626: If you enjoyed Wunmi Mosaku in SINNERS, then HIS HOUSE on Netflix *needs* to be your next watch. For my money, it was the…