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Research Interests
My research interests lie in a number of interrelated areas including popular fiction, adaptation and screen media. I have written and published on a wide range of subjects including the figure of the hero/anti-hero in 1960s U.S. fiction, the theories of The Frankfurt School, Kurt Vonnegut, H.P. Lovecraft, and cult TV, My recent work looks at the significance of class in Horror fiction.
Supervision
Ms Rhiannon McHarrie
Studying depictions of mental health in phase one MCU films.
Ms Lamia Hamini
The depiction of Masculinity in Edward Albee's plays.
Ms Stacey Busuttil
Studying marginalised examples of race, gender and class in the novels of Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers and other Southern Gothic Writers of the twentieth century.
Abdellah Maachou; English and Creative Writing
The Enhancement of Learner Motivation and English Speaking Identity through the Integration of Films in EFL classrooms: the Case of Algerian EFL First Year University Students.
Soumeya Slimani; English and Creative Writing
The Image of Algeria in Maria Martin's History of the Captivity and Sufferings of Mrs. Maria Martin (1807), Jules Verne’s Invasion of the Sea (1905), Yacine Kateb’s Nedjma (1956), Assia Djebar’s Fantasia, An Algerian Cavalcade (1985) and Ahmed Hanifi’s La Folle d’Alger (2012).
Mr Elhadj Benmoussa
Teaching Literature In Algerian HE Using Critical Thinking and Communicative Approaches
Mr Ross Norman
Excursions into Arkham County: transmedia storytelling in the storyworld of H.P. Lovecraft
External Roles
Member of the Editorial Board for the peer reviewed The Open Access Library of the Humanities
Member of the Editorial Board for the peer reviewed The Journal of Popular Culture
Member of the Editorial Board for the peer reviewed Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture, 1900 to present
Member of the Editorial Board of BAAS US Studies Online peer reviewed journal.
Manuscript reviewer for Palgrave Macmillan in the area of Contemporary American Literature
Member of ABES (Annotated Bibliography of English Studies),Contributor/reviewer of Contemporary American Literature
Founder member of the Kurt Vonnegut Society
Member of the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies
Other Responsibilities
External Examiner for The University of Wolverhampton’s Popular Culture MA
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
External Examiner for MA in Popular Culture, University of Wolverhampton
31 Oct 2015 → 31 Oct 2019
Keywords
- PS American literature
- Gothic
- Horror
- Anti-hero
- Weird Fiction
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Class
- Herbert Marcuse
- Popular Fiction
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Joseph Heller
- Chuck Palahniuk
- Transmedia
- Adaptation
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"Bringing ... Uncertain Geographies Under ... Control"? Exploring the Lovecraftian 'Walking Simulator'
Simmons, D., 31 Dec 2021, Lovecraft in the 21st Century: Dead, But Still Dreaming. Alcala Gonzalez, A. & H. Sederholm, C. (eds.). New York and London: Routledge, p. 241-252 12 p.Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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American Horror Fiction and Class: From Poe to Twilight
Simmons, D., 16 Sep 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) 1 ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 212 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Class and Horror Fiction at Mid-Century
Simmons, D., 16 Sep 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) American Horror Fiction and Class . London: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., p. 79-117 39 p. (Palgrave Gothic (PAGO)).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Class and Horror Fiction During the Early Twentieth Century
Simmons, D., 16 Sep 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) American Horror Fiction and Class . London: Palgrave Macmillan, London, p. 39-77 39 p. (Palgrave Gothic (PAGO)).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Horror Fiction and Class in the Contemporary Period
Simmons, D., 16 Sep 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) American Horror Fiction and Class. London: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., p. 159-195 37 p. (American Horror Fiction and Class).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Introduction: Establishing the Place of Class in US Gothic and Horror Fiction
Simmons, D., 16 Sep 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) American Horror Fiction and Class: From Poe to Twilight. London: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., p. 1-37 37 p. (Palgrave Gothic ).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Representing Class During the Horror Boom of the 1970s and 1980s
Simmons, D., 16 Sep 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) American Horror Fiction and Class. London: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., p. 119-158 40 p. (American Horror Fiction and Class).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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'Bonanza was never like this': Quantum Leap and Interrogating Nostalgia
Simmons, D., 30 Jun 2016, Time on Television: Narrative Time, Time Travel and Time Travellers in Popular Television Culture. Jowett, L., Robinson, K. & Simmons, D. (eds.). London: I.B.Tauris, p. 145-156 12 p. (Investigating cult TV).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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The University of Northampton School of the Arts 'Opps for Apps' Project
Sonya Andermahr (Speaker) & David Simmons (Speaker)
17 Jun 2015Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Teaching
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