Bernice M. Murphy

Bernice M. Murphy

Bernice M. Murphy is Lecturer in Popular Literature in the School of English, Trinity College, Dublin. She has published extensively on topics related to horror fiction and film, and is an expert on Shirley Jackson who edited the first ever essay collection on her work, Shirley Jackson: A Literary Legacy (2005). Her other books include The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture (Palgrave, 2009), The Rural Gothic: Backwoods Horror and Terror in the Wilderness (Palgrave, 2013), The Highway Horror Film (Palgrave Pivot, 2014) and (edited with Elizabeth McCarthy) Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic (McFarland, 2017). Her current book project is a monograph entitled California Gothic.


Upcoming Lectures

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  • Previous Lectures

    Roads to Hell: The Highway Horror Film (London) - CANCELLED Roads to Hell: The Highway Horror Film (London) - CANCELLED
    Thu. Dec. 13, 2018 - 7:00 pm GMT - 10:00 pm GMT
    POSTPONED: THE WORLD IS FULL OF TERRIBLE PEOPLE: SHIRLEY JACKSON AND FEMALE VIOLENCE (London) POSTPONED: THE WORLD IS FULL OF TERRIBLE PEOPLE: SHIRLEY JACKSON AND FEMALE VIOLENCE (London)
    Thu. Apr. 9, 2020 - 7:00 pm GMT - 10:00 pm GMT
    THE WORLD IS FULL OF TERRIBLE PEOPLE: SHIRLEY JACKSON AND FEMALE VIOLENCE (London Online) THE WORLD IS FULL OF TERRIBLE PEOPLE: SHIRLEY JACKSON AND FEMALE VIOLENCE (London Online)
    Tue. Jan. 12, 2021 - 7:00 pm GMT - 8:15 pm GMT