By: Tanya Newton

Whaaat? I am seriously excited about this, but as if it happened only a couple of weeks after I submitted my essay on it! Dayum.

Oh, just to add to the ‘in classroom’ aspect: we had an extended debate about the extent to which it was a gay novel. But then, in that module, which was on the fin-de-siecle, we also read pretty much the first ever lesbian vampire novel, discussed the homoerotic nature of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and various other books, read lesbian and gay poetry, and read essays by sexologists. I love that lecturer.