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Analysing Movement, The Body and Immersion in Virtual Reality ~ Melanie Chan

Jul 6, 2018 | Comics, Games, Print Media, Virtual Reality, Volume 30

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between embodiment, presence and immersion in contemporary forms of VR. The term virtual reality (VR) refers to the generation of three-dimensional environments using computer-graphics or 360° video...

Lily Frankenstein: The Gothic New Woman in Penny Dreadful

Jun 14, 2017 | fan culture, Film, Print Media, Television, Uncategorized, Volume 28

~ Stephanie Green Abstract: Techniques such as recursive adaptation, narrative hybridity and ensemble performance are now a tradition in fantasy screen drama, in both cinematic and serial mode, from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) to Agents of Shield...

The Journey: Vanessa Ives and Edgework as Self-Work

Jun 14, 2017 | fan culture, Film, Print Media, Television, Volume 28

~ Rikke Schubart Abstract: This paper analyzes the witch Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) in ensemble horror series Penny Dreadful (2014–16). Witches have been television material since Bewitched (1964–72), usually in comedy or light drama, and often for teen audiences. Penny...

“There Is Some Thing Within Us All”: Queer Desire and Monstrous Bodies in Penny Dreadful

Jun 14, 2017 | fan culture, Film, Print Media, Television, Volume 28

~ Jordan Phillips Abstract: It has been said that we live in a time of monsters. Within the horror genre, these monsters commonly take the form of the creatures you would find in ancient mythologies or Gothic literatures; however, they have also been allegorically...

Cowboys and Wolf-Men: Ethan Chandler, Transgressive Masculinity, and Depictions of The Monstrous in Penny Dreadful

Jun 14, 2017 | fan culture, Film, Print Media, Television, Uncategorized, Volume 28

~ Tobias Locke Abstract: Penny Dreadful’s commercial and critical success stems from its transformative adaptation of the Gothic literary canon that precipitated it, and its willingness to use that adaptation as a vehicle for contemporary discourse. While previous and...

The Contaminant Cobweb: Complex Characters and Monstrous Mashups

Jun 14, 2017 | fan culture, Film, Print Media, Television, Uncategorized, Volume 28

~ Anita Nell Bech Albertsen Abstract: This article maps out character complexity in Penny Dreadful by focusing on the intertextuality of monstrous female characters. The aim of this study is twofold. First, it seeks to examine show how mashup characters gain...
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