It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.
The issue studies the well-known figure of Frankenstein’s monster. The “creature”, is the main character of the notably famous work of Mary Shelley published in 1818.
The character under consideration is Carmilla the vampire, from the homonymous gothic novella written by Sheridan Le Fanu. The character is a prototypical example of the lesbian vampire, expressing romantic desires toward the protagonist.
Puts under the scope the movie Raw, a coming-of-age horror drama film directed by Julia Ducournau. The plot follows a young vegetarian's first year at veterinary school, where she tastes meat for the first time and develops a craving for flesh.
Women of Horror is a magazine that focuses on the intersection between the genre of
horror in a
broad sense and the the representation and conceptualization of femininity.
Every issue gathers critical articles about a particular work of interest or relevant
theme,
allowing the reader to explore different perspectives and gazes on the same topic, as
well as
acquire an in-depth theoretical knowledge about women and mostruosity.
At the present moment only the issue Electric Monster is available: this issue focuses
on the
foundational gothic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and collects
interpretations centered
around the author's experience as a female writer, drawing illuminating connections, for
instance,
between monstruosity and motherhood. All present articles were chosen among those
available in the
critical section of the first Frankenstein's scholarly
digital
edition.
For an enhanced and interactive experience, every issue is provided with a costumized
Metadata
viewer, higlighting relevant features in each article.
Horror is also about esthetic! The reader will be able to experience fear across the
centuries
thanks to our different historically costumized typography layouts.
The purpose of this web site is to explore various types of typographic and
layout style for text documents, as an end-of-course project for the "Information
Modeling and Web technologies" course of the Master Degree in Digital Humanities
and Digital Knowledge of the University of Bologna, under prof. Fabio Vitali.
The documents contained in this web site have been selected for their length and
complexity from Frankenstein;
or, the
Modern Prometheus. Their publication here is not intended to be an
alternative or
replace their original locations:
Women of Horror
