The Sublime's Effects, In the Dust of This Planet, Frozen Charlottes, Lily's Big Speech

Sent by Heather C.: The Sublime's Effects in Gothic Fiction: "Romantic literature elicits personal pleasure from natural beauty, and Gothic fiction takes this aesthetic reaction and subverts it by creating delight and confusion from terror." Via The Artifice.



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In the Dust of This Planet: "Horror, fashion, and the end of the world … things get weird as we explore the undercurrents of thought that link nihilists, beard-stroking philosophers, Jay-Z, and True Detective." Via Radiolab.


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Sent by Kreg M.: Don’t Talk So Much: The Macabre History of the Frozen Charlottes. Via Pretty Awful Things.

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How Penny Dreadful showrunner John Logan crafted Lily's big speech: "The standout moment of Penny Dreadful’s second season was a scene-stealing (or world-stealing) turn no one expected — and that was the point." Via EW.