The strange rivalry between British fantasy writers with Hadas Elber-Aviram

Hadas Elber-Aviram British Urban Fantasy

The strange rivalry between British fantasy writers with Hadas Elber-Aviram

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Interview Timeline

Hadas Elber-Aviram has loved fantasy since she was small and studied as a graduate student. She recently released a book about British fantasy writers and their use of London in their fiction. We spoke about the book and British fantasy. Fairy Tales of London: British Urban Fantasy, 1840 to the Present (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021)

0:37 – Hadas talks about why she started studying fantasy.

2:23 – Hadas talks about why she compared rural and urban fantasy authors.

5:07 – Hadas talks about where these fantasy authors lived.

6:24 – Hadas talks about why London was so disliked.

7:47 – Hadas talks about the positive aspects of London that authors wrote about.

9:24 – Hadas talks about the authors she covers in the book and what she discusses about each.

14:41 – Hadas talks about how many rural writers existed post WWII.

16:43 – Hadas talks about Tolkien’s attitudes.

18:24 – Hadas talks urban writers’ approaches to the urban.

20:09 – Hadas talks about looking at London in a fantastic way.

23:24 – Hadas contrasts the physical aspect of London versus the people who lived there.

26:14 – Hadas talks more about London Architecture and how it’s made fantastic.

28:34 – Hadas discusses the use of London and other cities in fantasy before 1840.

31:07 – Hadas talks about magical spots in London.

34:38 – Hadas talks about her research methods.

37:41 – Hadas goes into detail about an HG Wells story.

40:12 – Hadas talks about reading stories where they are located and about urban fantasy as a tour guide.

41:55 – Hadas talks about enjoying walking through London.

45:21 – Hadas talks about not including J.G. Bollard.

46:18 – Hadas talks about the tragedy of Mervyn Peake.

50:17 – Hadas talks about the label urban fantasy.

52:07 – We discuss the journey in Dracula and then “cozy catastrophes”.

58:40 – Hadas can be found at the University of Notre Dame, London.

Links of interest

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https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/fairy-tales-of-london-9781350110687/

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Guests: Hadas Elber-Aviram

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, Bloomsbury, fantasy, literature, literary studies,

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Where did Edgar Allan Poe live and create his masterpieces with Scott Peeples

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Scott peeples the man of the crowd

Where did Edgar Allan Poe live and create his masterpieces with Scott Peeples

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Interview Timeline

Scott Peeples is a professor of literature and has written three books on Edgar Allan Poe and has co-authored a handbook on Poe. We spoke about his latest book on Poe and his experiences in four major cities Poe lived in. Edgar Allan Poe and the City Princeton University Press, 2020

0:34 – Scott talks about why he started studying and writing about Edgar Allan Poe.

2:21 – Scott talks about the cities Poe had lived in and how it impacted his work. We touch on his Baltimore connections.

5:07 – Scott talks about the growth of the cities Poe lived in – Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.

6:33 – Scott talks about slavery in Richmond and how that may have impacted Poe’s writing.

9:39 – Scott talks about Poe’s exposure to poverty in these cities, especially Baltimore.

11:16 – Scott talks about Poe’s exposure to the rich in these cities.

12:15 – Scott talks about Poe’s ideas about ancient architecture.

14:01 – Scott talks about Poe’s writing on New York City.

16:01 – Scott talks about the city elements that Poe highlighted.

18:16 – Scott talks about the order Poe lived in the various cities and why he moved around.

20:21 – Scott talks about Poe always being on the move.

22:18 – Scott talks about the locations Poe was drawn to.

25:43 – Scott talks about Poe’s difficulties in moving his writing supplies and equipment around.

27:58 – Scott talks about where in Richmond Poe lived.

31:16 – Scott talks about the documents he had available to do this research.

33:39 – Scott talks about business documents related to Poe’s movements.

34:49 – Scott talks about when Poe become famous.

36:11 – Scott talks about the interest in Gothic poetry in Poe’s time.

38:10 – Scott talks about the Poe Society of Baltimore’s archived material.

40:23 – Scott talks about the fights Poe would get into.

42:20 – Scott talks about Poe and regionalism.

44:38 – Scott talks about Poe’s drinking.

46:35 – Scott talks about the bars and hospitals in Poe’s cities.

48:46 – Scott talks about visiting the cities Poe had lived in.

51:21 – Scott talks about Poe’s letter writing.

52:17 – Scott talks about how much writing Poe did.

54:12 – Scott talks about wishing he understood Poe’s work days better.

57:28 – Scott talks about why Poe became a writer.

59:29 – Scott talks about Poe’s rough personality.

1:01:28 – Scott talks about the effect of Poe’s early death on his celebrity.

1:02:23 – Scott talks about Poe’s opium use.

1:03:17 – Scott talks about Poe’s childhood.

1:07:16 – Scott talks about the photographs used in the book.

1:10:54 – Scott can be found @lscottpeeples on twitter and is on academia.edu

Links of interest

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https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691182407/the-man-of-the-crowd

https://cofc.academia.edu/ScottPeeples

https://twitter.com/lscottpeeples

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Guests: Scott Peeples

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, Princeton University Press, literature, non fiction,

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