Emilie Laurent
@emilieslaurent.bsky.social
PhD Student at Université Clermont Auvergne (France). 19th century literature, Gothic, ghost stories, Victorian Gothic, Vernon Lee. Dissertation topic: "Vernon Lee's rewriting of Gothic literature." She/her.
I've got great news for you--the Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens will be publishing the conference proceedings next fall! ☺️
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've got great news for you--the Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens will be publishing the conference proceedings next fall! ☺️
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Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island - Nightmare Magazine
“There are few tales as tragic as that of the denizens of Ratnabar Island. When a British expedition made landfall on its shores in 1891, they did so armed to the teeth, braced for the same hostile re...
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July 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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#VPFAExtremes Emilie Laurent describes how castrati were considered immoral and monstrous by the Victorians for transgressing boundaries of sex and gender, and highlights Vernon Lee's criticism of gender nonconforming voices.
July 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#VPFAExtremes Emilie Laurent describes how castrati were considered immoral and monstrous by the Victorians for transgressing boundaries of sex and gender, and highlights Vernon Lee's criticism of gender nonconforming voices.
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Hypnotism was predominantly undertaken by masculine men upon female subjects. Much fin de siecle fiction explores the dangers of hypnotism and its potential for sexual exploitation #VPFAExtremes
July 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Hypnotism was predominantly undertaken by masculine men upon female subjects. Much fin de siecle fiction explores the dangers of hypnotism and its potential for sexual exploitation #VPFAExtremes
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'This woman, by her own explanation, can dominate my nervous organism. She can project herseledf into my body and take command of it [...] She is a parasite, a monstrous parasite. She creeps into my frame as the hermit crab does into the whelk's shell' -The parasite #VPFAExtremes
July 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
'This woman, by her own explanation, can dominate my nervous organism. She can project herseledf into my body and take command of it [...] She is a parasite, a monstrous parasite. She creeps into my frame as the hermit crab does into the whelk's shell' -The parasite #VPFAExtremes
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"What kind of writer you are depends a lot on who's holding the pen, who 'places you where'" in the catalogue - Carolyn Oulton on how for example Dickens is grouped with different authors/in different genres depending on when and where his works were read.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"What kind of writer you are depends a lot on who's holding the pen, who 'places you where'" in the catalogue - Carolyn Oulton on how for example Dickens is grouped with different authors/in different genres depending on when and where his works were read.
#VPFAExtremes
#VPFAExtremes
