Maz Going

Background

I am currently a Phd researcher at the University of Sheffield, researching religion and the Gothic. I am co-organiser of Sheffield Gothic, organizing various Gothic events at the University of Sheffield including the Gothic Reading Group, and also the Re-imagining the Gothic project which includes the annual Reimagining the Gothic Symposium and Creative Showcase and the Reimagining the Gothic Website.

Academic Research

My PhD thesis explores the representation of Judaism in Romantic and Gothic fiction between 1790 and 1820. The texts I am focusing on include Matthew Lewis' The Monk (1797), George Walker's Theodore Cyphon (1797), Maria Edgeworth's Harrington (1817), and Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer (1820).

More broadly, I am interested the representation of religion in Gothic fiction of any period, and contribute to Sheffield Gothic's blog. My recent blog posts include

• 'A Fresher Possession: Rob Kirkman's Outcast'
• 'Matthew Bourne's "Sleeping Beauty" A Gothic Romance'
• 'The Hogg Blog; The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner'
• 'A Gothic Story: Revisiting Strawberry Hill'

General Interests

I am an avid fan of vampire fiction, and in particular anything to do with Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.