Supernatural Horror studies book – “New Directions in Supernatural Horror Literature” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) – Sean Moreland interview
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Sean Moreland teaches English at the University of Ottowa. His main field of research is Anglo-American literature from the late 18th century to present. He particularly enjoys Gothic, horror and weird fiction and is involved with various journals and events on the subjects. We spoke about his latest editorial work on Lovecraft’s critical theories on horror.
0:58 – Sean talks about how he got into working on Lovecraft.
1:44 – Sean talks about the essays in the book. All the contributors study weird fiction or horror.
4:36 – Sean talks about what precisely the essays focus on.
7:57 – Sean talks about the Lovecraft documents the essays draw from.
9:55 – Sean talks about how the ssays developed for the book.
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19:40 – Sean talks about how he has researched the foundational basis of the various essays.
21:55- Sean talks about the Lovecraft archives at Brown University.
23:19 – Sean compares Lovecrat to Poe.
26:41 – Sean was surprised that Lovecraft’s ideas can be applied to medieval writing.
28:14 – Sean talks about the questions that still surround Lovecraft.
31:47 – Sean talks about the fear of the different as a basis for horror.
42:33 – Sean has a horror blog at www.pstdarkness.com.
Links of interest
https://www.palgrave.com/la/book/9783319954769
https://arts.uottawa.ca/english/people/moreland-sean
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Guests: Sean Moreland
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: science fiction, fantasy, Lovecraft, critical thinking, horror, weird fiction, Edgar Allen Poe, gothic