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Gypsyscarlett's Weblog: Writing the Victorian Gothic

http://gypsyscarlett.wordpress.com

Depicts the writing process of writing a gothic novel set in 19th century New England.

Secondarily, being a historical, it deals with
all things related to the 19th century: history, literature, arts, sciences, spiritualism.

• Added on: Feb 5th, 2009
• Country: Germany
• Language: English

• Author: Gypsyscarlett
• Listed in: Fiction History
• Tags: writing gothic victorian spiritualism 19th century history 19th centurry literature

Recent Posts

• Victorian Women And Their “Toys”

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 05:01 in history, vibrators, victorian, orgasm, wilkie collins, matthew sweet, female hysteria, victorian women, geraldine jewsbury, inventing the victorians, sara stickney ellis, william acton

  Matthew Sweet states in his book, Inventing the Victorians:  “William Acton’s The Functions and Disorders of the Reproductive Organs (1857)- in which he famously remarked that ‘ That majority of women are not very much troubled by ...

• Poems by Tyutchev

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 06:57 in poetry, poems, russian, romanticism, romantic poetry, fyodor tyutchev

  Fyodor Tyutchev:  Russian Romantic poet.   November 23, 1803- July 15, 1873 Silentium! Speak not, lie hidden, and conceal the way you dream, the things you feel. Deep in your spirit let them rise akin to stars in crystal skies that set before...

• Emily Dickinson: An Astrological Look

  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 14:25 in poetry, astrology, emily dickinson, astrological sign, poetess, much madness is divinest sense, i died for beauty, i'm nobody who are you, moon libra, rising scorpio, sun sagittarius

  Emily Dickinson- Poetess.  Born December 10, 1830.  Amherst, Massachusetts 1. Rising Sign: Scorpio One’s Rising Sign (or ascendant) is the sign that was rising when a  person was born and reflects their persona, or how they present themselve...

• Various Facts of the Not-so-Pretty Victorian Age

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 11:10 in history, victorian, maid, victorian america, victorian london, general servant, inside the victorian home

  1. On New York city streets, horses deposited 2.5 million pounds of manure daily.- source, “Victorian America” by Thomas J. Schlereth 2. “The Thames stank.  The main ingredient was human waste….Human excrement was sold as us...

• All NaNos’ Eve

  Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 10:01 in writing, publishing, nano, novel, halloween, seance, samhain, national novel writing month, dumb supper

  October 31st.  All Hallows’ Eve.  The night when the veil between this world and the Otherworld is lifted, and spirits come to visit.  The night when people honor their dearly departed with lit candles and dumb suppers.  Men and women hold...

• Death on the Moor

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 10:44 in spirits, ghosts, Haworth, emily bronte, bronte, moor, redbreast in the morning, joseph halliwell

  Redbreast In the Morning “What woke it then?  A little child Strayed from its father’s door And in an hour of moonlight wild Laid lonely on the desert moor.”- Emily Bronte  1837   Haworth.  February 1801- Two-year old Joseph Hel...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

David Hambidge

Attractive blogface; content covers writing especially of victorian gothic novel. If this is your thing, well worth a look. Going since July 2008.

dave

Posted: February 14th, 2009 | More Reviews From davehambo | Report This Comment

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