Knowledge Commons | Samantha Landau | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/broomsticknpen/activity/ Activity feed for Samantha Landau. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:27:19 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 4c1109d58a10d140397b7dbeb45753f3 Samantha Landau deposited Okamoto Kidō’s “Sea Turtles”: An Example of the Japanese Littoral Weird Tale and the EcoGothic https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1789119/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 06:48:15 -0400 Okamoto Kidō (1872-1939), inspired by both domestic and foreign trends of writing uncanny and weird fiction based on various legends, wrote a series of about fifty stories during the 1920s and 1930s. Kidō’s weird tales have a strong focus on the monstrous, on uncanny humans, and on nature’s revenge against those who break taboos. These stori…[Read more]

]]> 0 0b42c1446a208230412dd0d348d0ab96 Samantha Landau's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1749683/ Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:09:00 -0400 0 31d7dc7867e702a19c1de34e05f01b5b Samantha Landau deposited Haunted Homes and Uncanny Spaces: The Gothic in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1749677/ Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:52:46 -0400 This essay will explore the image of the Gothic home in Emily Dickinson’s poetry using close readings of her poems and historical sources. Analysis of nineteenth century Gothic texts will provide evidence that an admiration of female Gothic authors lead Dickinson to emulate many of the themes, motifs, and symbols they used. Their influence c…[Read more]

]]> 0 c34181a7dc8ee1295627e3939b1d951d Samantha Landau deposited Occult Influences in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1749676/ Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:42:09 -0400 Demons, ghosts, and witches seem synonymous with the name Shirley Jackson (1916-1965), a New England author popularly known for her interest in the occult. However, Jackson's connection to the supernatural is perhaps one of the most misunderstood aspects of her oeuvre. It is notable that her only novel directly addressing ghosts is The Haunting of…[Read more]

]]> 0 153ee321c7d81cdca4f95280ec547dd6 Samantha Landau deposited “Invisible, as Music – ”: Sheet Music and Communication in the Dickinson Family https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1725972/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:28:34 -0500 Music was a form of communication for Emily Dickinson, both separate from and contained within her poetry. Music provided her with another language to converse with her family, and friends, especially her sister-in-law, Susan, and her niece, Martha. Primarily building upon research conducted by Carolyn Cooley, Judy Jo Small, Richard Sewall and…[Read more]

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