Headless Horsemen & Morphean Space: with Kirstin Mills

About this episode

Dominic Gerrard converses with Dr. Kirstin Mills about 19th Century dreams and nightmares.

Dominic is joined by the inimitable Dr. Kirstin Mills Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Research & Graduate Diploma of Research in the Faculty of Arts, at Macquarie University. Kirstin's recent articles include the chapter "Morphean Space and the Metaphysics of Nightmare ..." published in Gothic Dreams and Nightmares for Manchester University Press. Their conversation flits and tumbles through the realms of 19th Century dreams and nightmares. Many of which are sure to ha...

People in this episode

Host: Dominic Gerrard

Guest: Dr. Kirstin Mills

Topics covered

• 19th Century literature
• dreams
• nightmares
• Gothic literature
• metaphysics

Keywords

• Charles Dickens
• dreams
• nightmares
• Gothic literature
• Morphean Space

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Macquarie University

Books & works: Gothic Dreams and Nightmares, Morphean Space and the Metaphysics of Nightmare

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