Towers, Villains and Ambition: Ali Abbassi’s The Apprentice and Gothic Verticality.

Nature Cities published a study in August 2024 which posited that “Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up” (Frolking et al, 2024). This is something…

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Towers, Villains and Ambition: Ali Abbassi’s The Apprentice and Gothic Verticality.

Nature Cities published a study in August 2024 which posited that “Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up” (Frolking et al, 2024). This is something…

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Films

You’ll find here an evolving collection of films that we think fall within the Gothic canon. Make sure to let us know your thoughts, we’re always open to recommendations and discussions…

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Films

You’ll find here an evolving collection of films that we think fall within the Gothic canon. Make sure to let us know your thoughts, we’re always open to recommendations and discussions…

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BSLS 2026/27 Winter Symposium Call for Papers – The British Society for Literature and Science

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Towers, Villains and Ambition: Ali Abbassi’s The Apprentice and Gothic Verticality.

Nature Cities published a study in August 2024 which posited that “Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up” (Frolking et al, 2024). This is something…

makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

Towers, Villains and Ambition: Ali Abbassi’s The Apprentice and Gothic Verticality.

Nature Cities published a study in August 2024 which posited that “Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up” (Frolking et al, 2024). This is something…

makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

Towers, Villains and Ambition: Ali Abbassi’s The Apprentice and Gothic Verticality.

Nature Cities published a study in August 2024 which posited that “Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up” (Frolking et al, 2024). This is something…

makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

Towers, Villains and Ambition: Ali Abbassi’s The Apprentice and Gothic Verticality.

Nature Cities published a study in August 2024 which posited that “Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up” (Frolking et al, 2024). This is something…

makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

Towers, Villains and Ambition: Ali Abbassi’s The Apprentice and Gothic Verticality.

Nature Cities published a study in August 2024 which posited that “Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up” (Frolking et al, 2024). This is something…

makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

Towers, Villains and Ambition: Ali Abbassi’s The Apprentice and Gothic Verticality.

Nature Cities published a study in August 2024 which posited that “Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up” (Frolking et al, 2024). This is something…

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'I see into the Now': The Prescient Ecologies of David Rudkin

This thesis explores the relationship between people and the natural world in the dramatic work of David Rudkin and in doing so reveals how these works map the shifts in this relationship in Britain over the past 60 years. Rudkin highlights nature's sentience, responding to human actions and becoming an active foundation upon which human identities are laid. In exploring how these texts are in dialogue with the societies from which they emerged, this thesis reveals the inherent prescience of Rudkin’s works, resonating with the anxieties of modern Britain and becoming tools for individual and communal self recognition and thus self-understanding. This thesis reframes Rudkin as a dramatist of great relevance for understanding how humans relate to nonhuman nature, particularly in the current moment of social and ecological crisis.The exploration of this relationship is divided into three chapters focusing on the different forms this relationship takes. These chapters are: ‘Nostalgia’, exploring the remnants of the British Empire that remain embedded in British culture through an analysis of Language, Accent and Xenophobia in these texts. ‘Rural/Urban Conflict’, explores how urban expansion, including traditionally urban structures such as capitalist ideology affect rural identities and communities. ‘Sentient Landscapes’, examining how the sentience of Rudkin’s nonhuman nature, acting both as avenger and teacher, maps the changing climate anxiety over time. The use of Rudkin’s 2020 PlacePrints series in this chapter enables a consideration of the ways Rudkin is also in dialogue with the contemporary moment of Climate Crisis. The methodology used is textual and live performance analysis, and the thesis is underpinned by an interview conducted with David Rudkin. This thesis uses the analytical frameworks of Ecocriticism and Cultural Materialism to place Rudkin’s physical worlds at the centre of study.

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