The keynote speakers are Willy Hughes and John Strachan, from Bath Spa University, and Franklin Bishop (Newstead Abbey). Professor Hughes will be speaking on vampires in Gothic fiction and Professor Strachan will consider Surrealism and Gothic. Franklin Bishop's topic is John Polidori's The Vampyre.
The event will celebrate all things Gothic, provide stimuli for English teachers, introduce students to university level study, and introduce the MA course. Lectures and workshops will cover A Level texts, including: Frankenstein, Macbeth, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Bloody Chamber, and Northanger Abbey. For further information, email colin.younger@sunderland.ac.uk.
