Ep 19 - Early Horror - An Accumulation of Anguish

TW: Suicide and the loss of a child

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Let the spooky season begin! We bring you the life and legends behind two of early horror's most famous authors.

This week we chat about Mary Shelley and H.P. Lovecraft.

Sources

Centre for Suicide Prevention

https://www.suicideinfo.ca/resource/suicideandlanguage/

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education

https://save.org/about-suicide/suicide-facts/

The Huffington Post

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mental-health-language-committed-suicide_l_5aeb53ffe4b0ab5c3d6344ab

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2019/nov/07/does-it-matter-if-mary-shelley-was-bisexual

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https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/630408/harry-potter-funko-pop-2020-advent-calendar-sale?utm_content=infinitescroll1

British Library

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-vampyre-by-john-polidori

BritLit

https://blogs.baylor.edu/britlit/2014/09/29/what-is-the-correlation-between-prometheus-and-victor-frankenstein/

The Poetry Foundation

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45136/prometheus-unbound

The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-strange-and-twisted-life-of-frankenstein

Mytholyoke.edu

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist257s02/students/Becky/prometheus.html

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https://www.biography.com/writer/mary-shelley

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley#Lake_Geneva_and_Frankenstein

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https://www.shmoop.com/mary-shelley/timeline.html

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/11139.Mary_Wollstonecraft_Shelley?page=1

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https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/mary-shelley-2302.php

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https://www.hplovecraft.com/life/biograph.aspx

Lithub

https://lithub.com/we-cant-ignore-h-p-lovecrafts-white-supremacy/

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https://musingsfromthemythos.tumblr.com/post/620350204614410240/a-gift-and-a-show?fbclid=IwAR14VTQAicTPgnNSZSFCqsV2LCGJGzFi6ZAQAPUAAYsvpNypnXB4YeF1pcA

Nyarlathotep

https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Nyarlathotep

Discussing Film

https://discussingfilm.net/2020/08/15/lovecraft-country-review-reclaiming-stories-from-problematic-creatives/

The Wrap

https://www.thewrap.com/lovecraft-country-hp-lovecraft-racist-racism-misha-green-series-premiere-hbo/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC2r-BlxUm4&ab_channel=TVGuideNews

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https://www.hbo.com/lovecraft-country

Lovecraft Quote

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/193944-the-most-merciful-thing-in-the-world-i-think-is