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Welcome to the home page for NDEP 110: Horror in Film and Story. Students in this first year seminar course
will read and discuss horror fiction such as "Frankenstein", "Dracula" and "The Turn of the Screw",
as well as short stories by Poe, Lovecraft, LeFanu, Polidori and others. They will also view and discuss seminal
horror films that illustrate the genre.
You can read the syllabus
for the class by clicking here.
Mary Shelley, Who wrote "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus"
when she was only 19 years old, is a hero of mine. You can find
lots of information about her at the sites below. Mary Shelley
and Frankenstein This site contains a great deal of information
about Mary Shelley.
Pictures of
Mary and Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and John Polidori. Those present
at the birth of "Frankenstein.
Mary Shelley's
grave Mary Shelley is buried in Bournemouth, England.
Pictures of her sepulcher at this site.
Ozymandias.
A wonderful poem by Percy Shelley (and a photo)
Keats-Shelley
House in Rome. John Keats' house in Rome. Exhibits on Keats and
Percy Shelley.
Dracula There are lots of links on this page to Vlad the Impaller, Bram Stoker, etc.
These sites contain pictures taken by
Dr. Hickey at sites related to films from this course.
Bates Motel.
Photos of Bate's Motel on the backlot at Universal Studios, Hollywood.
The Birds.
Photos of the schoolhouse and surroundings from the film, The Birds.
The picture at the right
shows a hot-dog stand located at Universal Studios, California.
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The list below includes some of the other authors whose horror stories
we will read in this course. You can obtain some biographical information
on each author, as well as links to some of their stories by clicking
on the author's name
We will read some of the following stories as well as others
by Poe and Lovecraft (in the books required for the course.
Short stories
Carmilla
by Sheridan LeFanu
The Damned
Thing by Ambrose Bierce
The
Double Shadow by Clark Ashton Smith
An Egyptian
Hornet by Algernon blackwood
The Facts
in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe
Green Tea
by Sheridan LeFanu
The
Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
The Vampyre
by John Polidori
Casting
the Runes by M.R. James. The film "Curse of the Demon" is based on this
short story.
Varney
the Vampire, or The Feast of Blood
One day of the term will be devoted to reading poetry by Poe, Coleridge
and others. The following poems are available on-line.
Poetry
Alonzo
the Great
Christabel
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Rime
of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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The Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft
Cthulhu Mythos.
You will find lots of information about Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos
at this site, including information about the "Great Old Ones".
More about Lovecraft, his life, his
writing, etc.
Many comparisons have been made between Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft.
Robert Bloch, auhor of Psycho, wrote a brief essay on the subject
that you may find interesting.
Questions? Please feel free to send
e-mail to Dr. Hickey
