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Monthly Archives: December 2021
Antisemitism in the Melusine stories
by Adesua Atamah, Ben Königsfeld, Kathleen Reiswich & Lisa-Marie Richter Gillian Polack is an Australian writer and medievalist who was born in Melbourne. She has been nominated for numerous awards throughout her career as an author and won the Ditmar … Continue reading
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The Gothic Origins of Kat’s Nightmare in “The Time of the Ghosts”
When you go to bed at night, you know that once you fall asleep anything can happen. There is a good chance that you are about to go on a great adventure. Indeed, dreams tend to be larger than life. … Continue reading
Different Genres in Gillian Polack’s “The Time of the Ghosts”
by Leonora Rexhi The novel The Time of The Ghosts by Gillian Polack contains many different elements that seem to belong to a variety of genres. If one browses a bit through the internet, one will find out that the … Continue reading
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Strong Women in Gillian Polack’s The Time Of The Ghosts – Kat in Chapter Six [p.96-99]
Anyone that has read at least a few pages of the novel can tell that the four main protagonists; Lili, Ann, Mabel and Kat; could not be more different from one another, yet they complete each other perfectly. Three grandmas … Continue reading
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“The time of the ghosts”: a diverse ghost story? (Review)
What happens when three old ladies take in a 15-year-old runaway? And what happens when these three old ladies are not just your regular neighbourhood grandmas but hunt ghosts as a hobby? These questions and many more such as ‘How … Continue reading
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Traces of Jean d’Arras’ Melusine in Gillian Polack’s “The Time of the Ghosts”
Not Like Other Sirens – The Melusine’s Craving for a Human Soul Tales of water-associated women, resembling a dragon, fish, or snake, have made appearances in one way or another all over the world. Mentions of sirens, mermaids, figures like … Continue reading
Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Gillian Polack, Jean d’Arras, Melusine, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts
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Interpretative Approaches to Women in “Time of the Ghosts” – Academic Musings
by Benedikt von Laufenberg This blog post is concerned with the way female characters are presented in Gillian Pollack’s The Time of the Ghost. Before the interpretation of the novel can be started, it is necessary to justify the chosen … Continue reading
Tagged Gillian Polack, Interpretative Approaches, Speculative Australia, Susan Sontag, Time of the Ghosts, Women
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Is Gillian Polack‘s The Time of the Ghosts a fairy tale?
by Nadja Marek, Renee Czyganowski, and Danny Tran If a fairy tale is considered to be a tale about a fairy and since one of the main protagonists in The Time of the Ghosts is a fairy, the simple answer … Continue reading
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Narrative(s) and Structure in Gillian Polack’s “The Time of the Ghosts”
Something that immediately caught my eye while reading is that Gillian Polack’s novel The Time of the Ghosts consists of three different narratives: the main story, Kat’s blog and the ‘Tales of Melusine’. All three narratives have their own content, … Continue reading
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“The Time of the Ghosts” by Gillian Polack: A multilayered story with lots to offer
How does one spend retirement? For some people, the answer lies in quaint gardens and relaxed hobbies – but what if that hobby is ghost hunting? In Jewish Australian writer Gillian Polack’s 6th novel, The Time of the Ghosts (2017), … Continue reading
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