Partner Websites
Anglistik V (HHU)
Centre for Australian Studies
Tag Archives: Time of the Ghosts
10 Questions with Gillian Polack on The Time of the Ghosts – and one bonus!
Before we move onto the second phase of our student blogging, let’s end our series of blog posts about Gillian Polack’s The Time of the Ghosts with an interview with Gillian herself! 1. Why is the novel entitled The Time … Continue reading
Tagged 10 questions, Australian Speculative Fiction, Gillian Polack, Interview, Speculative Australia, Speculative Fiction, Time of the Ghosts
Comments Off on 10 Questions with Gillian Polack on The Time of the Ghosts – and one bonus!
Judging a Book By its Covers: The Time of the Ghosts
by Theodora Charalambous Everyone knows the age-old saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, and although most of us try to implement it in our daily lives, when it comes to the book buying experience things seem to be … Continue reading
Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Covers, Gillian Polack, Paratext, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts
Comments Off on Judging a Book By its Covers: The Time of the Ghosts
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
Tagged Antisemitism, Australian Speculative Fiction, Gillian Polack, Jewishness, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts
Comments Off on Antisemitism in the Melusine stories
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
Tagged Genres, Review, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts
Comments Off on Different Genres in Gillian Polack’s “The Time of the Ghosts”
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
Comments Off on Traces of Jean d’Arras’ Melusine in Gillian Polack’s “The Time of the Ghosts”
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
Comments Off on Interpretative Approaches to Women in “Time of the Ghosts” – Academic Musings
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
Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Gillian Polack, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts
Comments Off on Narrative(s) and Structure in Gillian Polack’s “The Time of the Ghosts”
“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
Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Book Recommendation, Gillian Polack, Review, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts
Comments Off on “The Time of the Ghosts” by Gillian Polack: A multilayered story with lots to offer
Jewish-Australianness and Gillian Polack’s ‘Melusine’
Gillian Polack is an important Australian writer and Medievalist who was born and raised in Melbourne. Her heritage and religion have had a great influence on her writing, but not only that – her Jewish-Australianness shows us the importance of … Continue reading
Tagged Gillian Polack, Jewish-Australian, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts, transcultural
Comments Off on Jewish-Australianness and Gillian Polack’s ‘Melusine’