Persephone's (Gothic) Insights

Persephone van der Waard is a leading expert on Metroidvania, having researched the genre aggressively since 2017. From her master's, postgrad and PhD material, this page highlights that work in its entirety (this same exact information can also be found—along with Persephone's entire portfolio and book series— on her 18+ website's About the Author page ): If you want to ask Persephone a question about any of this material, you can do so on the r/Metroidvania Reddit page promoting this post . Table of Contents Persephone's Academic History Persephone's Work on Metroidvania Metroidvania (definitions) Further Reading by Persephone (on Metroidvania) Metroidvania as closed space Tolkien Scholarship (extra) Further Reading by Persephone (on Tolkien) Persephone's Academic History Persephone completed her BA in "English: Language, Literature and Writing" at Eastern Michigan University in 2016. She attended Manchester Metropolitian University from 2017 to...