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Gothic writing, slavery and radical women in late eighteenth-century Bristol (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Mulvey-Roberts, M. (2015, September). Gothic writing, slavery and radical women in late eighteenth-century Bristol. Presented at Regional History Centre Lecture, M Shed Bristol

Bristol has been recognised as a centre of radicalism, yet its association with three of the most important female radicals of the 1790s, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Robinson and Mary Hays remains obscure. The city’s links between Gothic buildings, sla... Read More about Gothic writing, slavery and radical women in late eighteenth-century Bristol.

Migrating medical horror (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Mulvey-Roberts, M. (2015, July). Migrating medical horror. Paper presented at Gothic Migrations 12th International Gothic Association, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver

Gothic Bristol: City of darkness and light (2015)
Book Chapter
Mulvey-Roberts, M. (2015). Gothic Bristol: City of darkness and light. In M. Mulvey-Roberts (Ed.), Literary Bristol: Writers and the City (29-58). Bristol: Redcliffe Press

Because of its links with Romanticism, Bristol has been referred to as a ‘Romantic City’, yet it could just as easily be identified with the Gothic. Over the centuries, Bristol has been the matrix for a significant number of Gothic innovations, insp... Read More about Gothic Bristol: City of darkness and light.

Introduction: Literary Bristol (2015)
Book Chapter
Mulvey-Roberts, M. (2015). Introduction: Literary Bristol. In M. Mulvey-Roberts (Ed.), Literary Bristol: Writers and the City (7-28). Bristol: Redcliffe Press

This chapter maps the history of literary Bristol from the Middle Ages up to the present day.