Contemporary fiction

Vanishing Landmarks: Artivisim and Climate
Germanà, M. 2024. Vanishing Landmarks: Artivisim and Climate. The Soho Poly Nov 2024 - Jan 2025

“‘Sometimes the Old Ways Are the Best’”: A Gothic Reading of Technology and the Body in Sam Mendes’s Skyfall
Germanà, M. 2024. “‘Sometimes the Old Ways Are the Best’”: A Gothic Reading of Technology and the Body in Sam Mendes’s Skyfall. in: Hines, C., Sweeney, T. and Joy, S. (ed.) James Bond Will Return: Critical Perspectives on the 007 Film Franchise New York Wallflower Press. pp. 276-287

Skeleton Woman and the Haunted Underwater: A Three-Part Podcast Series
Germanà, M. 2023. Skeleton Woman and the Haunted Underwater: A Three-Part Podcast Series.

‘Engendering Globalgothic: The “hideous progeny” of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’
Germanà, M. 2023. ‘Engendering Globalgothic: The “hideous progeny” of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’. in: Duncan, R. (ed.) The Edinburgh Companion to Global Gothic Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press. pp. 84-99

‘Between Desire and Control: The Fashioned Image in Muriel Spark’s Life and Fiction’
Germanà, M. 2022. ‘Between Desire and Control: The Fashioned Image in Muriel Spark’s Life and Fiction’. in: Carruthers, G. and Stoddart, H. (ed.) The Crooked Dividend: Essays on Muriel Spark Glasgow Association for Scottish Literary Studies. pp. 63-87

Ghost-Tours, Body Snatchers, and Optical Illusions: An Introduction to Haunted Scotlands
Germanà, M. 2022. Ghost-Tours, Body Snatchers, and Optical Illusions: An Introduction to Haunted Scotlands. Gothic Studies. 24 (1), pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3366/gothic.2022.0117

The Haunted Landscape of the Uncanny North: Scott Graham’s Shell (2012) and Gordon Napier’s 1745 (2017)
Germanà, M. 2022. The Haunted Landscape of the Uncanny North: Scott Graham’s Shell (2012) and Gordon Napier’s 1745 (2017). Gothic Studies. 24 (1), pp. 93-109. https://doi.org/10.3366/gothic.2022.0124

Ali Smith
Germanà, M. 2020. Ali Smith. in: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Contemporary British and Irish Literature Oxford Wiley. pp. 451-460

Bond Girls: Body, Fashion and Gender
Germanà, M. 2019. Bond Girls: Body, Fashion and Gender. London and New York Bloomsbury Academic.

Authorship, “Ghost-filled” Islands, and the Haunting Feminine: Contemporary Scottish Female Gothic’
Germanà, M. 2017. Authorship, “Ghost-filled” Islands, and the Haunting Feminine: Contemporary Scottish Female Gothic’. in: Germanà, M. and Davison, C. (ed.) The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Gothic Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press. pp. 222-235

Ali Smith, Girl Meets Boy (2007)
Germanà, M. 2017. Ali Smith, Girl Meets Boy (2007). Studies in Scottish Literature. 43 (2), pp. 209-210.

Other Stories: Strangers and Intrusions in Ali Smith’s Fiction
Germanà, M. 2017. Other Stories: Strangers and Intrusions in Ali Smith’s Fiction. in: Acheson, J. (ed.) The Contemporary British Novel since 2000 Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press. pp. 99-108

Community Spirit? Haunting Secrets and Displaced Selves in Contemporary Scottish Fiction
Germanà, M. 2016. Community Spirit? Haunting Secrets and Displaced Selves in Contemporary Scottish Fiction. in: Lyall, S. (ed.) Community in Modern Scottish Literature Leiden Brill. pp. 235-253

The Coming of Age of Graphic Narratives
Germanà, M. 2015. The Coming of Age of Graphic Narratives . in: Berberich, C. (ed.) The Bloomsbury Introduction to Popular Fiction London Bloomsbury. pp. 163-181

Brownies
Germanà, M. 2014. Brownies. in: Weinstock, J. (ed.) Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters Ashgate. pp. 61-66

“What Are All Those Things He Once Thought He Knew, and Where Have They Gone?”: The End of the Wor(l)d in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake (2003)
Germanà, M. 2014. “What Are All Those Things He Once Thought He Knew, and Where Have They Gone?”: The End of the Wor(l)d in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake (2003). in: Germanà, M. and Mousoutzanis, A. (ed.) Apocalyptic Discourse in Contemporary Culture: Post-Millennial Perspectives of the End of the World New York Routledge. pp. 206-219

The Awakening of Caledonias? Scottish Literature in the 1980s
Germanà, M. 2014. The Awakening of Caledonias? Scottish Literature in the 1980s. in: Wilson, L.G., Horton, E. and Tew, P. (ed.) 1980s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction London Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 51-74

The Death of the Lady: Haunted Garments and (Re-)Possession in Sarah Waters’s The Little Stranger’
Germanà, M. 2013. The Death of the Lady: Haunted Garments and (Re-)Possession in Sarah Waters’s The Little Stranger’. in: Mitchell, K. (ed.) Contemporary Critical Perspectives: Sarah Waters London Bloomsbury. pp. 114-128

‘The Uncanny can happen’: Desire and Belief in Ali Smith’s The Seer’
Germanà, M. 2013. ‘The Uncanny can happen’: Desire and Belief in Ali Smith’s The Seer’. in: Germanà, M. and Horton, E. (ed.) Contemporary Critical Perspectives: Ali Smith London Bloomsbury. pp. 115-129

Madness and the city: the collapse of reason and sanity in Alan Moore’s From Hell
Germanà, M. 2013. Madness and the city: the collapse of reason and sanity in Alan Moore’s From Hell. in: Green, M. (ed.) Alan Moore and the gothic tradition Manchester Manchester University Press.

Being human? Twenty-first century monsters
Germanà, M. 2012. Being human? Twenty-first century monsters. in: Edwards, J.D. and Soltysik Monnet, A. (ed.) The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture: Pop Goth Routledge.

Introduction: the sick body and the fractured self: (contemporary) Scottish gothic
Germanà, M. 2011. Introduction: the sick body and the fractured self: (contemporary) Scottish gothic. Gothic Studies. 13 (2), pp. 1-8.

Becoming Hyde: excess, pleasure and cloning
Germanà, M. 2011. Becoming Hyde: excess, pleasure and cloning. Gothic Studies. 13 (2), pp. 98-115. https://doi.org/10.7227/GS.13.2.9

The dear green place
Germanà, M. 2011. The dear green place. in: Book Ashby-de-la-Zouch Inkermen Press.

From hijab to sweatshops: segregated bodies and contested space in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane
Germanà, M. 2011. From hijab to sweatshops: segregated bodies and contested space in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane. in: Teverson, A. and Upstone, S. (ed.) Postcolonial spaces: the politics of place in contemporary culture London Palgrave Macmillan.

Beyond the gaps: postmodernist representations of the metropolis
Germanà, M. 2011. Beyond the gaps: postmodernist representations of the metropolis. in: Berberich, C., Hudson, R. and Campbell, N. (ed.) Land and identity: theory, memory and practice Amsterdam Rodopi.

Scottish women's gothic and fantastic writing: fiction since 1978
Germanà, M. 2010. Scottish women's gothic and fantastic writing: fiction since 1978. Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press.

Red stiletto
Germanà, M. 2009. Red stiletto. in: Cold turkey: a Christmas selection Ashby-de-la-Zouch Inkermen Press.

Lost and found
Germanà, M. 2009. Lost and found. in: Loss Ashby-de-la-Zouch Inkermen Press.

Plagiarising the Ettrick shepherd? A note on the manuscript of Charlotte Brontë's tales of the islanders and Winifred Gérin's Emily Brontë
Germanà, M. 2008. Plagiarising the Ettrick shepherd? A note on the manuscript of Charlotte Brontë's tales of the islanders and Winifred Gérin's Emily Brontë. Notes and Queries. 55 (4), pp. 461-463. https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjn144

In and outside post-devolution Scotland: Scottish national identity and women writers
Germanà, M. 2008. In and outside post-devolution Scotland: Scottish national identity and women writers. in: Lunan, L., Macdonald, K.A. and Sassi, C. (ed.) Re-Visioning Scotland: new readings of the cultural canon Frankfurt am Main ; Oxford Peter Lang.

Crossing dream boundaries: decoding nonsense and fantastic ambiguities in Naomi Mitchison’s beyond this limit
Germanà, M. 2008. Crossing dream boundaries: decoding nonsense and fantastic ambiguities in Naomi Mitchison’s beyond this limit. in: MacPherson, P., Murray, C., Spark, G. and Corstorphine, K. (ed.) Sub-versions: cultural status, genre and critique Newcastle Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 135-148

'Une Petite Mort’: Death, Love and Liminality in the Fiction of Ali Smith
Germanà, M. 2003. 'Une Petite Mort’: Death, Love and Liminality in the Fiction of Ali Smith. Ecloga. 3 (2003).

Real Gorgons or Fantastic Chimeras? Re-shaping Myth and Tradition: Alice Thompson’s Justine
Germanà, M. 2003. Real Gorgons or Fantastic Chimeras? Re-shaping Myth and Tradition: Alice Thompson’s Justine. esharp. 1 (1).

Historical Places of Interest, Books, Tourism and Advertising: Scottish Icons in Contemporary Halifax (Nova Scotia)
Germanà, M. 2003. Historical Places of Interest, Books, Tourism and Advertising: Scottish Icons in Contemporary Halifax (Nova Scotia). International Review of Scottish Studies. (28), pp. 22-46.