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The Twilight of the Gothic? : Vampire Fiction and the Rise of the Paranormal Romance / Joseph Crawford.
Van Pelt Library PS374.V35 C73 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crawford, Joseph, 1982- author.
- Series:
- Gothic literary studies
- Gothic Literary Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horror tales, American--History and criticism.
- Horror tales, American.
- Vampires in literature.
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American--History and criticism.
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American.
- Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- Twilight.
- Meyer, Stephenie.
- American fiction--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Vampire films--History and criticism.
- Vampire films.
- Vampires on television.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 334 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- This book explores the history of the paranormal romance genre, from its origins in the revisionist horror fiction of the 1970s, via its emergence as a minor sub-genre of romantic fiction in the early 1990s, to its contemporary expansion in recent years into an often-controversial genre of mainstream fiction. Tracing the genre from its roots in older Gothic fiction written by and for women, it explores the interconnected histories of Gothic and romantic fiction, from Ann Radcliffe and Jane Austen in the eighteenth century to Buffy, Twilight, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries in the present day. In doing so, it investigates the extent to which the post-Twilight paranormal romance really does represent a break from older traditions of Gothic fiction - and just what it is about the genre that has made it so extraordinarily divisive, captivating millions of readers whilst simultaneously infuriating and repelling so many others. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The First 800 Years 11
- 2 Romancing the Paranormal 60
- 3 Sleeping with the Enemy 107
- 4 The New Millennium 138
- 5 The Twilight Controversy 181
- 6 Mutations 237.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1783160640
- 9781783160648
- 9781783160655
- 1783160659
- OCLC:
- 880130973
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