The Gothic Romance Wave

Author : Lori A. Paige
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476675651
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gothic Romance Wave written by Lori A. Paige and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late 1960s and early 1970s saw the birth of modern feminism, the sexual revolution, and strong growth in the mass-market publishing industry. Women made up a large part of the book market, and Gothic fiction became a higher popular staple. Victoria Holt, Mary Stewart and Phyllis Whitney emerged as prominent authors, while the standardized paperback Gothic sold in the millions. Pitched at middle-class women of all ages, Gothics paved the way for contemporary fiction categories such as urban fantasy, paranormal romance and vampire erotica. Though not as popular today as they once were, Gothic paperbacks retain a cult following--and the books themselves have become collectors' items. They were also the first popular novels to present strong heroines as agents of liberation and transformation. This work offers the missing chapters of the Gothic story, from the imaginative creations of Ann Radcliffe and the Bronte sisters to the bestseller 50 Shades of Grey.

Author : Lori A. Paige
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476634173
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gothic Romance Wave written by Lori A. Paige and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-09-19 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:  The late 1960s and early 1970s saw the birth of modern feminism, the sexual revolution, and strong growth in the mass-market publishing industry. Women made up a large part of the book market, and Gothic fiction became a higher popular staple. Victoria Holt, Mary Stewart and Phyllis Whitney emerged as prominent authors, while the standardized paperback Gothic sold in the millions. Pitched at middle-class women of all ages, Gothics paved the way for contemporary fiction categories such as urban fantasy, paranormal romance and vampire erotica. Though not as popular today as they once were, Gothic paperbacks retain a cult following—and the books themselves have become collectors’ items. They were also the first popular novels to present strong heroines as agents of liberation and transformation. This work offers the missing chapters of the Gothic story, from the imaginative creations of Ann Radcliffe and the Brontë sisters to the bestseller 50 Shades of Grey.

Author : Rictor Norton
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826485854
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gothic Readings written by Rictor Norton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an anthology of Gothic Literature, set within the context of contemporary criticism and readers' responses. It includes selections from the major practitioners and many of their followers, as well as contemporary reviews, private letters and diaries, chapbooks, and contemporary anecdotes about dramatic performances and the design of theatre sets. The selections provide representative samples of the major genres - historical gothic, the Radcliffe school of terror, the Lewis school of horror, tragic melodrama, comic parody, supernatural poetry and ballads, book reviews and literary criticism and anti-Gothic polemic.

Author : Angela Wright
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 074869675X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Romantic Gothic written by Angela Wright and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Traces the Gothic impulses in proto-Romantic and Romantic British, American and European culture, 1740-1830"--Quatrième de couverture.

Author : Mary Lindsey
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101603283
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ashes on the Waves written by Mary Lindsey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sexy gothic romance based on Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" Liam MacGregor is cursed. Haunted by the wails of fantastical Bean Sidhes and labeled a demon by the villagers of Dòchas, Liam has accepted that things will never get better for him—until a wealthy heiress named Annabel Leighton arrives on the island and Liam’s fate is changed forever. With Anna, Liam finally finds the happiness he has always been denied, but the violent, mythical Otherworlders, who inhabit the island and the sea around it, have other plans. They make a wager on the couple’s love, testing its strength through a series of cruel obstacles. But the tragedies draw Liam and Anna even closer. Frustrated, the creatures put the couple through one last trial—and this time it’s not only their love that’s in danger of being destroyed. Based on Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling poem Annabel Lee, with references to many of his other poems including The Raven, Mary Lindsey creates a frighteningly beautiful gothic novel that glorifies the power of true love. Perfect for fans of Lauren Kate's Fallen series, Kendra Blake's Anna Dressed in Blood, and Kelly Creagh's Nevermore. Praise for ASHES ON THE WAVES “Achingly beautiful and darkly sensuous ... an extraordinary read that left me breathless at every turn!” --Sophie Jordan, New York Times bestselling author of Firelight “Mary Lindsey, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, has created a haunting, mystical world. I loved this tragic, romantic story.” --Cate Tiernan, author of Sweep and Immortal Beloved

Author : Jayashree Kamblé
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317041941
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction written by Jayashree Kamblé and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular romance fiction constitutes the largest segment of the global book market. Bringing together an international group of scholars, The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction offers a ground-breaking exploration of this global genre and its remarkable readership. In recognition of the diversity of the form, the Companion provides a history of the genre, an overview of disciplinary approaches to studying romance fiction, and critical analyses of important subgenres, themes, and topics. It also highlights new and understudied avenues of inquiry for future research in this vibrant and still-emerging field. The first systematic, comprehensive resource on romance fiction, this Companion will be invaluable to students and scholars, and accessible to romance readers.

Author : Clive Bloom
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030331369
Total Pages : 1216 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic written by Clive Bloom and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Simply put, there is absolutely nothing on the market with the range of ambition of this strikingly eclectic collection of essays. Not only is it impossible to imagine a more comprehensive view of the subject, most readers – even specialists in the subject – will find that there are elements of the Gothic genre here of which they were previously unaware.” - Barry Forshaw, Author of British Gothic Cinema and Sex and Film The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic is the most comprehensive compendium of analytic essays on the modern Gothic now available, covering the vast and highly significant period from 1918 to 2019. The Gothic sensibility, over 200 years old, embraces its dark past whilst anticipating the future. From demons and monsters to post- apocalyptic fears and ecological fantasies, Gothic is thriving as never before in the arts and in popular culture. This volume is made up of 62 comprehensive chapters with notes and extended bibliographies contributed by scholars from around the world. The chapters are written not only for those engaged in academic research but also to be accessible to students and dedicated followers of the genre. Each chapter is packed with analysis of the Gothic in both theory and practice, as the genre has mutated and spread over the last hundred years. Starting in 1918 with the impact of film on the genre's development, and moving through its many and varied international incarnations, each chapter chronicles the history of the gothic milieu from the movies to gaming platforms and internet memes, television and theatre. The volume also looks at how Gothic intersects with fashion, music and popular culture: a multi-layered, multi-ethnic, even a trans-gendered experience as we move into the twenty first century.

Author : Samantha J. Rayner
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787357600
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Georgette Heyer, History and Historical Fiction written by Samantha J. Rayner and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nonesuch is the name of one of Georgette Heyer’s most famous novels. It means a person or thing without equal, and Georgette Heyer is certainly that. Her historical works inspire a fiercely loyal, international readership and are championed by literary figures such as A. S. Byatt and Stephen Fry. Georgette Heyer, History, and Historical Fiction brings together an eclectic range of chapters from scholars all over the world to explore the contexts of Heyer’s career. Divided into four parts – gender; genre; sources; and circulation and reception – the volume draws on scholarship on Heyer and her contemporaries to show how her work sits in a chain of influence, and why it remains pertinent to current conversations on books and publishing in the twenty-first century. Heyer’s impact on science fiction is accounted for, as are the milieu she was writing in, the many subsequent works that owe Heyer’s writing a debt, and new methods for analysing these enduring books. From the gothic to data science, there is something for everyone in this volume; a celebration of Heyer’s ‘nonesuch’ status amongst historical novelists, proving that she and her contemporary women writers deserve to be read (and studied) as more than just guilty pleasures.

Author : Ann Radcliffe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781542316644
Total Pages : 826 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gothic Romance Novels of Ann Radcliffe written by Ann Radcliffe and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time as a paperback, all six of Ann Radcliffe's gothic novels are collected together in a single volume, including the posthumously published Gaston de Blondeville. Also included within this volume are: The castles of Athlin and Dunbayne, A Sicilian Romance, The Romance of the Forest, The Mysteries of Udolpho, and The Italian, all complete with the relevant poetry.This is a reworking and amalgamation of all six novels, not a cheap scan or the result of copying and pasting; It contains no missing pages, areas of blurred or missing text, photocopier's fingers, coffee stains, or other scanning artifacts. It has all of the original text, retyped and reformatted to reduce the page count. The complete work is offered here at a price much lower than that of buying all the volumes separately.Please note that some readers may find the text size of this volume a little small, in which case the two volume version, with much larger text, may be more appropriate. Vol 1 comprises Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne, The Sicilian, Romance of the Forest, and The Italian; Vol 2 consists of The Mysteries of Udolpho and Gaston de Blondeville.

Author : Patricia Hagan
Publisher : ePublishing Works!
ISBN 13 : 1614177139
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shadows of Love Boxset (Two Gothic Romance Novels in One) written by Patricia Hagan and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Patricia Hagan comes two bone-chilling gothic romances. In WINDS OF TERROR, Melanie returns to Alabama to care for her ailing adopted aunt and discovers evil lurking in the old plantation house. The adopted aunt claims she's being haunted by her nephew, who committed suicide in the house the year before, while Cale, the woman's invalid grandson, is intent on stealing Melanie's heart. But first, he has a score to settle. DARK JOURNEY HOME follows Annalisa Dubose who takes a job at a mysterious mansion in the Florida Everglades caring for a strange six-year old boy, Jody. Everyone thinks Jody went insane after his mother disappeared a year ago. Annalisa believes there's more and begins a quiet investigation. Then Jody's grandmother, Charlotte Fordham, announces she will institutionalize the boy. Annalisa begs Jody's father, Steve Fordham, who's falling in love with Annalisa, to take them away. But the twistedly jealous Charlotte will never let that happen. OTHER TITLES by Patricia Hagan Say You Love Me Starlight Simply Heaven Orchids in Moonlight Final Justice