http://blog.oup.com/2012/06/downton-abbey-mummycurse-of-king-tut/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:22:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2012/06/downton-abbey-mummycurse-of-king-tut/#comment-297952 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Tutankhamun and the mummy’s curse Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:50:48 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=25813#comment-297952 [...] Roger Luckhurst explains why he explored the mummy’s curse and why we are still so interested in the myths of Tutankhamun. Roger Luckhurst has written and broadcast widely on popular culture, specialising in science fiction and the Gothic. He is interested in the odd spaces between science and popular supernatural beliefs. He has previously written a history of how the notion of ‘telepathy’ emerged in the late Victorian period, and has published editions of Jekyll and Hyde and Dracula. He is also a regular radio reviewer of terrible science fiction films. He teaches horror and the occasional respectable novel by Henry James at Birkbeck College, University of London. The Mummy’s Curse: The true history of a dark fantasy  publishes in late 2012. Read his article on Downton Abbey and the Curse of King Tut. [...] [...] Roger Luckhurst explains why he explored the mummy’s curse and why we are still so interested in the myths of Tutankhamun. Roger Luckhurst has written and broadcast widely on popular culture, specialising in science fiction and the Gothic. He is interested in the odd spaces between science and popular supernatural beliefs. He has previously written a history of how the notion of ‘telepathy’ emerged in the late Victorian period, and has published editions of Jekyll and Hyde and Dracula. He is also a regular radio reviewer of terrible science fiction films. He teaches horror and the occasional respectable novel by Henry James at Birkbeck College, University of London. The Mummy’s Curse: The true history of a dark fantasy  publishes in late 2012. Read his article on Downton Abbey and the Curse of King Tut. [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/06/downton-abbey-mummycurse-of-king-tut/#comment-280123 Daily Links: “Where You Been?” Edition | The Revealer Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:52:18 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=25813#comment-280123 [...] sure wouldn’t mind getting a review copy of “The Mummy’s Curse” in the [...] [...] sure wouldn’t mind getting a review copy of “The Mummy’s Curse” in the [...]

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