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Madeline Potter

@madelinepotter.bsky.social

Theological Monsters (University of Wales Press), The Roma (The Bodley Head/Harper Collins, 2025) | 19thC Gothic

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Martin Potter@pottervillamil.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm very happy to say that I've just signed a contract with Routledge for my latest monograph, David Jones' Philosophy of Art in the Context of Catholic Thought, exploring David Jones' contribution to Catholic aesthetic thought and practice.

Etrigan (unrelated)@etrigan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Boom 17 of 2026: “Roma: A Travelling History” by Madeline Potter. An interesting dip into the history of the Romani people across Europe and the U.S., presented in conjunction with Potter’s own experiences in her travels. Made me wish my family hadn’t assimilated so well. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The cover of “Roma: A Travelling History” by Madeline Potter. A black-and-white photo of several people dancing in front of a crowd. The top and bottom are a spangled garment and skirt pattern common among the Romani.
Manuela Boatcă@manuelaboatca.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Look, @madelinepotter.bsky.social, your beautiful book is gaining more traction - as it should! 🤗

Etrigan (unrelated)@etrigan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Boom 17 of 2026: “Roma: A Travelling History” by Madeline Potter. An interesting dip into the history of the Romani people across Europe and the U.S., presented in conjunction with Potter’s own experiences in her travels. Made me wish my family hadn’t assimilated so well. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The cover of “Roma: A Travelling History” by Madeline Potter. A black-and-white photo of several people dancing in front of a crowd. The top and bottom are a spangled garment and skirt pattern common among the Romani.
The RUTA Association@associationruta.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join us Feb 27 at 18:00 (Kyiv time) for a webinar on Romani histories and racial justice. With Madeline Potter (The Roma: A Traveling History) and Margareta Matache (The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism), exploring new ways of understanding and challenging anti-Roma racism.

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Madeline Potter@madelinepotter.bsky.social · 7mo ago

So happy to see my monograph out! I’m so thankful to everyone at UWP for their amazing work and support through this process 🖤

University of Wales Press@uniwalespress.bsky.social · 7mo ago

'Theological Monsters: Religion and Irish Gothic' by @madelinepotter.bsky.social is out now! This book places monstrosity at the centre of the process of gathering knowledge of the divine and reassess the relationship between Gothic literature and Catholicism. 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/theolog...

This book explores how monsters articulate questions about the sacred in nineteenth-century Irish Gothic literature. The relationship between religion and Gothic literature has traditionally been approached through denominational readings, but this study proposes how Irish Gothic texts from Charles Maturin’s Melmoth the Wanderer to Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’ and Bram Stoker’s Dracula resist being inscribed into particular doctrinal frameworks. Abandoning allegorical interpretations, Theological Monsters proposes that real-life theologies do not translate into the fictional ones articulated across these texts. The focus is on revealing how the bodies of monsters make real and tangible otherwise abstract concepts associated with God and the afterlife, and on identifying monstrosity as a valuable way to uncover knowledge of the divine in nineteenth-century Irish Gothic literature. What follows is an original reassessment of three canonical writers – Maturin, Le Fanu and Stoker – highlighting their fictional theological exercises.
Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 7mo ago

How did Wuthering Heights go from a 'tale of hate' (1920 adaptation) to the 'Greatest Love Story' (2026)? Come find out with me Drawing on the hundreds of hours of research I've done on Wuthering Heights adaptations! #WutheringHeights February 13th at 7pm or February 12th at 2pm GMT (see below)

A montage of images from different versions of Wuthering Heights
Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 8mo ago

So, true story, when I did my Masters, I had this impression that I should be reading the entire backlog of as many writers on the course as possible. So for a single 3000 word essay I read every single one of Mrs Radcliffe's works. I was very cool and normal. And continue to be.

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Out of interest: how many people have read Ann Radcliffe's entire collected works? In my mind, a lot of people stop with one or two but I'm intrigued whether she pulls anyone in and has them reading the backlog!

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Boosting this today led to a load of people signing up so... boosting again! Come join us! We'll be reading a book a month and I'll be providing contextualising and critical material, questions AND creative prompts.

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 8mo ago

First up, I have a whole year course! 1 book a month. We're reading our way through the long-eighteenth century, concentrating entirely on women's writing. The course is through the Regency academe and costs only $55 for non-members! For a whole year! regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...

Jimmy Packham@jfpackham.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Authors I discuss include: Daniel Defoe (whose Robinson Crusoe is, I suggest, foundational to this mode of writing/thinking), Radcliffe, Charlotte Smith, Susan Hill, Hugh Walpole, Gaskell, Riddell, Stoker, Aickman, MR James, Adrian Ross, Frances Burney, Conrad, Oyeyemi, Alice Thompson – & others!