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The dark mythos of the sea: William Hope Hodgson’s transformation of maritime legends (2014)
Book Chapter
Alder, E. (2014). The dark mythos of the sea: William Hope Hodgson’s transformation of maritime legends. In M. Berruti, S. T. Joshi, & S. Gafford (Eds.), William Hope Hodgson: Voices from the Borderland (56-72). Hippocampus Press

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Energy conservation and biodiversity in H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2014, September). Energy conservation and biodiversity in H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine. Paper presented at Victorian Sustainability: British Association for Victorian Studies annual conference, University of Kent

'Always Sea and Sea': The Night Land as Sea-scape (2013)
Journal Article
Alder, E. (2013). 'Always Sea and Sea': The Night Land as Sea-scape. Sargasso: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies, 1(1), 89-101

Biographical accounts of William Hope Hodgson naturally tend to focus on two main features of his career before he became a full-time writer: sailing and physical culture (Everts). Both provide useful contexts for reading Hodgson’s fiction. In some e... Read More about 'Always Sea and Sea': The Night Land as Sea-scape.

(Re)encountering animals in William Hope Hodgson’s weird science fiction (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2013, November). (Re)encountering animals in William Hope Hodgson’s weird science fiction. Paper presented at The Weird: Fugitive Fictions/Hybrid Genres, Birkbeck, University of London

The first law of time travel: The Time Machine and thermodynamics. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2013, April). The first law of time travel: The Time Machine and thermodynamics. Paper presented at British Society for Literature and Science Annual Conference

Critical analyses of H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine (1895) have attended closely to themes of biology, such as evolutionary degeneration, but those of physics have not been treated with comparable depth. While many accounts of The Time Machine do con... Read More about The first law of time travel: The Time Machine and thermodynamics..

Wiliam Hope Hodgson. (2012)
Book Chapter
Alder, E. (2012). Wiliam Hope Hodgson. In W. Hughes, D. Punter, & A. Smith (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the GothicBlackwell

Urban Gothic. (2012)
Book Chapter
Alder, E. (2012). Urban Gothic. In W. Hughes, D. Punter, & A. Smith (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Gothic. Blackwell

Getting the Message: supporting students’ transition from Higher National to degree level study and the role of mobile technologies. (2012)
Journal Article
Fotheringham, J., & Alder, E. (2012). Getting the Message: supporting students’ transition from Higher National to degree level study and the role of mobile technologies. Electronic Journal of eLearning, 10, 331-341

In this paper, we explore roles that mobile technologies can play in supporting students’ transition to second and third year of university degree study, specifically along articulation routes from completing a Higher National Certificate (HNC) or Hi... Read More about Getting the Message: supporting students’ transition from Higher National to degree level study and the role of mobile technologies..

Book Review: Bram Stoker, by Carol. A. Senf (2012)
Journal Article
Alder, E. (2012). Book Review: Bram Stoker, by Carol. A. Senf. Gothic Studies, 14(1), 108-118. https://doi.org/10.7227/gs.14.1.11

Introduction: Literature, science, and the natural world in the long Nineteenth Century. (2012)
Journal Article
Alder, E., & McKechnie, C. (2012). Introduction: Literature, science, and the natural world in the long Nineteenth Century. Journal of Literature and Science, 5(2), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.12929/jls.05.2.01

Ruined Skin: Gothic Genetics and Human Identity in Stephen Donaldson’s Gap cycle (2011)
Book Chapter
Alder, E. (2011). Ruined Skin: Gothic Genetics and Human Identity in Stephen Donaldson’s Gap cycle. In S. Wasson, & E. Alder (Eds.), Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010. Liverpool University Press. https://doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9781846317071.003.0008

This chapter offers a literary criticism of Stephen Donaldson's novel Gap. It discusses that transfiguration of the body, through the study of molecular biology and genetic engineering, creates a cultural unrest and horror. The strange metamorphosis... Read More about Ruined Skin: Gothic Genetics and Human Identity in Stephen Donaldson’s Gap cycle.

Introduction: Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010 (2011)
Book Chapter
Alder, E., & Wasson, S. (2011). Introduction: Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010. In Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010. Liverpool University Press. https://doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9781846317071.003.0001

This Introduction introduces Gothic science fiction as a genre and discusses the text as a project to examine Gothic science fiction historically as well as to distinguish its textual forms. The chapters in this compilation provides sample writings p... Read More about Introduction: Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010.

Gothic Science Fiction 1980 - 2010 (2011)
Book
Wasson, S., & Alder, E. (2011). Gothic Science Fiction 1980 - 2010. Liverpool University Press

Message of Support: Using mobile technologies to support the transition of students on articulation routes from Higher National level to degree (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fotheringham, J., & Emily, A. (2011). Message of Support: Using mobile technologies to support the transition of students on articulation routes from Higher National level to degree. In S. Greener, & A. Rospigliosi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th Europea

This paper explores the role mobile technologies can play in supporting students' transition to second and third year of university degree study along articulation routes from Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Higher National Diploma (HND) study... Read More about Message of Support: Using mobile technologies to support the transition of students on articulation routes from Higher National level to degree.

Gothic at sea: revenants, doubling, and the liminal realm of the ocean (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2011, August). Gothic at sea: revenants, doubling, and the liminal realm of the ocean. Paper presented at Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Gothic Association, University of Heidelberg

Gothic at sea: ships, revenants, and the liminal realm of the ocean. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2011, August). Gothic at sea: ships, revenants, and the liminal realm of the ocean. Paper presented at Gothic limits / Gothic Ltd.’: 10th Biennial Conference of the International Gothic Association. 2-5 August 2011

Many aspects of the ocean deep remain obscure to modern science and exploration, and in literature it has always been an area of mystery, sometimes of horror. Foucault’s characterisation of the ship as heterotopia, ‘a floating piece of space, a place... Read More about Gothic at sea: ships, revenants, and the liminal realm of the ocean..

How to avoid extinction: closed systems and the struggle for existence. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2011, January). How to avoid extinction: closed systems and the struggle for existence. Paper presented at British Society for Literature and Science Annual Conference

The future was eternal night: evolution entropy and the death of the sun in Camille Flammarion's Omega and William Hope Hodgson's The Night Land. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2010). The future was eternal night: evolution entropy and the death of the sun in Camille Flammarion's Omega and William Hope Hodgson's The Night Land

‘Buildings of the New Age: dwellings and the natural environment in the futuristic fiction of H. G. Wells and William Hope Hodgson. (2009)
Book Chapter
Alder, E. (2009). ‘Buildings of the New Age: dwellings and the natural environment in the futuristic fiction of H. G. Wells and William Hope Hodgson. In S. McLean (Ed.), H. G. Wells: Interdisciplinary Essays. Cambridge Scholars Press

Genetic imperialism and reverse vampirism in Stephen Donaldson's Gap series. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2009, July). Genetic imperialism and reverse vampirism in Stephen Donaldson's Gap series. Paper presented at Monstrous Media/ Spectral Subjects, University of Lancaster