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| 1970s gothic romance novels: Thornyhold Mary Stewart, 2011-05-26 'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' Harriet Evans The rambling house called Thornyhold is like something out of a fairy tale. Left to Gilly Ramsey by the cousin whose occasional visits brightened her childhood, the cottage, set deep in a wild wood, has come just in time to save her from a bleak future. With its reputation for magic and its resident black cat, Thornyhold offers Gilly more than just a new home. It offers her a chance to start over. The old house, with it tufts of rosy houseleek and the spreading gilt of the lichens, was beautiful. Even the prisoning hedges were beautiful, protective with their rusty thorns, their bastions of holly and juniper, and at the corners, like towers, their thick columns of yews. 'Mary Stewart is magic' New York Times 'One of the great British storytellers of the 20th century' Independent |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Gothic Romance Wave Lori A. Paige, 2018-09-19 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. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Tomb of the Golden Bird Elizabeth Peters, 2012-03-01 The chase is on - and Amelia Peabody and Co. are in the thick of it! 1922 - convinced that the tomb of the little-known King Tutankhamon lies somewhere in the Valley of the Kings, Emerson has tried to persuade his rivals Lord Carnavon and Howard Carter to hand over their digging rights in the valley to him - but they resist. So back in Luxor an incident at the hotel the clan is staying in turns their gifts for digging in another direction. Emerson and Ramses are lured into a trap by a group of villains who demand answers to the mysterious question, 'Where is he?'. Their curiosity piqued, the duo is determined to uncover who 'he' is and why 'he' should be so important. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Come to Castlemoor Jennifer Wilde, 2015-03-03 A woman is caught up in a world of ancient rituals and human sacrifice in this enthralling, suspenseful Gothic romance by New York Times–bestselling author Jennifer Wilde When Katherine Hunt receives word that her archaeologist brother has died, his battered body found on the moors, she leaves London immediately for the remote village of Darkmead. There she vows to carry on his life’s work: a comprehensive history of the primitive rites of the ancient Celts. But soon she discovers that her brother’s half-completed manuscript is gone. Rumors swirl around the village and among the inhabitants of the magnificent ancestral estate called Castlemoor: seductive Burton Rodd, who runs the local pottery factory and warns Katherine to leave; beautiful, unbalanced Nicola; and Edward Clark, Rodd’s charismatic cousin. The discovery of a strange amulet sweeps Katherine into a secret circle where chilling blood rituals are carried out under cover of night. Amid whispers of a secret Druid cult, violence claims more and more innocent lives. As Katherine begins to uncover the unspeakable truth, she grows desperate to find someone she can trust . . . before she becomes the next sacrifice. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Snowfire Phyllis A. Whitney, 2017-10-24 A chilling tale of murder and secrets set against the treacherous slopes of a ski lodge—from “the queen of the American gothics” (The New York Times). Linda Earle’s stepbrother had a bright future. An aspiring athlete, he was being mentored by championship skier Julian McCabe, but then his career was cut short when he was accused of murdering Julian’s wife, Margot. Convinced of his innocence and determined to clear his name, Linda takes a job as après-ski hostess at the McCabe’s Pocono lodge, nestled in the shadow of their imposing estate. Once Linda insinuates herself into the guarded family, she discovers that everyone behind the walls of Greystones mansion had a reason to murder the much-hated Margot, including her disturbed daughter, her malicious and jealous sister-in-law, even the brooding and handsome Julian, with whom Linda is falling dangerously in love. But with a mysterious killer in a house of secrets, Linda has reason to fear that anyone—including herself—could be the next victim. New York Times–bestselling author “Phyllis Whitney is, and always will be, the Grand Master of her craft” (Barbara Michaels). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney including rare images from the author’s estate. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Sea of Secrets Amanda DeWees, 2018-01-23 Can love survive in the shadow of madness--and murder? After her brother is killed in the Crimean War, innocent young Oriel Pembroke finds herself alone in the world. Disowned by the cruel father who has always despised her, she has nowhere to turn until she is taken under the wing of a glamorous relative she never knew: the former Duchess of Ellsworth, who has scandalized society by remarrying soon after her first husband's death. At the opulent seaside estate of Ellsmere, Oriel thinks she has found a safe haven-but the darkly handsome young duke, Herron, believes otherwise. Haunted by the death of his father, he suspects that Ellsmere is sheltering a murderer. Even as Oriel falls in love with the duke, she begins to fear that his grief and suspicion are turning to madness. When dangerous accidents start to befall both Herron and Oriel, however, she realizes that someone may be trying to stop them from discovering the truth about the past. And when someone from her past comes back into her life, she learns that he may hold the answer to the most horrifying secret of all... |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Storrington Papers Dorothy Eden, 1978 |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Turn of the Screw Henry James, 2024-08-22 The Turn of the Screw by Henry James is a classic ghost story that continues to captivate readers over a century after its initial publication. Set in the late 19th century, the novella follows a young governess who is hired to care for two young children, Flora and Miles, at the remote and eerie Bly Manor. As the governess begins her duties, she becomes increasingly convinced that the manor is haunted by the spirits of the previous governess, Miss Jessel, and her lover, Peter Quint, who both died under mysterious circumstances. The story unfolds as the governess tries to protect the children from the malevolent ghosts, while also questioning her own sanity and the motives of the children in their interactions with the spirits. One of the most intriguing aspects of The Turn of the Screw is its unreliable narrator. The story is told through the perspective of the governess, whose mental state and perceptions of events are constantly called into question. This creates a sense of ambiguity and uncertainty, leaving readers to question whether the ghosts are real or just figments of the governess's imagination. James masterfully plays with the theme of perception and reality, leaving readers to draw their own conclusions about the events at Bly Manor. Another striking element of the novella is its use of Gothic elements. The isolated location, the decaying mansion, and the presence of ghosts all contribute to the eerie atmosphere of the story. James also incorporates psychological horror, as the governess's fears and paranoia intensify throughout the story, building tension and suspense. The Turn of the Screw is a prime example of Gothic literature, with its exploration of the dark side of human nature and the blurred lines between the living and the dead. One of the most controversial aspects of the novella is its ambiguous ending. The governess's final confrontation with the ghosts and the fate of the children are left open to interpretation, inviting readers to ponder the true meaning of the story. Some critics argue that the ghosts are a product of the governess's overactive imagination, while others believe that they are real and that the children are in danger. This open-ended conclusion has sparked countless debates and interpretations, making The Turn of the Screw a thought-provoking and enduring piece of literature. In addition to its literary merits, The Turn of the Screw also offers insight into the societal norms and expectations of the time period in which it was written. James explores themes of gender roles and class distinctions through the character of the governess, who is expected to be subservient and obedient to her male employer and to maintain the social hierarchy between herself and the children. The story also touches on the taboo subject of sexual relationships, particularly in regards to the ghosts and their influence on the children. Ultimately, The Turn of the Screw is a haunting and enigmatic work that continues to captivate readers with its complex characters, Gothic atmosphere, and thought-provoking themes. It is a testament to Henry James's mastery of storytelling and his ability to create a sense of unease and suspense that lingers long after the final page. A must-read for anyone interested in Gothic literature, psychological thrillers, or the blurred lines between reality and the supernatural. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Untamed Shore Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 2020-02-11 From the New York Times bestselling author of MEXICAN GOTHIC and GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, comes the 2021 International Latino Book Award medal-winning UNTAMED SHORE, a coming-of-age story set in Mexico which quickly turns dark when a young woman meets three enigmatic tourists. Baja California, 1979. Viridiana spends her days watching the dead sharks piled beside the seashore, as the fishermen pull their nets. There is nothing else to do, nothing else to watch, under the harsh sun. She’s bored. Terribly bored. Yet her head is filled with dreams of Hollywood films, of romance, of a future beyond the drab town where her only option is to marry and have children. Three wealthy American tourists arrive for the summer, and Viridiana is magnetized. She immediately becomes entwined in the glamorous foreigners’ lives. They offer excitement, and perhaps an escape from the promise of a humdrum future. When one of them dies, Viridiana lies to protect her friends. Soon enough, someone’s asking questions, and Viridiana has some of her own about the identity of her new acquaintances. Sharks may be dangerous, but there are worse predators nearby, ready to devour a naïve young woman who is quickly being tangled in a web of deceit. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Open graves, open minds Sam George, William Hughes, 2015-11-01 This collection of interconnected essays relates the Undead in literature, art and other media to questions concerning gender, race, genre, technology, consumption and social change. A coherent narrative follows Enlightenment studies of the vampire's origins in folklore and folk panics, the sources of vampire fiction, through Romantic incarnations in Byron and Polidori to Le Fanu's Carmilla. Further essays discuss the Undead in the context of Dracula, fin-de-siècle decadence, Nazi Germany and early cinematic treatments. The rise of the sympathetic vampire is charted from Coppola's film, Bram Stoker's Dracula, to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight. More recent manifestations in novels, TV, Goth subculture, young adult fiction and cinema are dealt with in discussions of True Blood, The Vampire Diaries and much more. Featuring distinguished contributors, including a prominent novelist, and aimed at interdisciplinary scholars or postgraduate students, it will also appeal to aficionados of creative writing and Undead enthusiasts. www.opengravesopenminds.com |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: One Summer in Paris Sarah Morgan, 2019-04-09 At the end of their rope in the City of Light, two women discover the healing magic of friendship in this heartfelt novel from “a master storyteller” (Booklist). To celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Grace planned a surprise getaway in Paris for her and her husband. But now he has a surprise of his own: he wants a divorce. Reeling from the shock but refusing to be broken, Grace makes the bold decision to go to Paris alone. Audrey, a young woman from London, left behind her own heartache when she arrived in Paris. Working in a bookshop seems like her ticket to freedom, but with no money and terrible French, she may wind up spending the summer wandering the cobbled streets alone . . . until she meets Grace, and everything changes. Grace can’t believe how daring young Audrey is. Audrey can’t believe how cautious newly single Grace is. Living in neighboring apartments, this unlikely pair offer each other just what they’ve both been missing. They came to Paris to find themselves, but finding this unbreakable friendship might be the best thing that’s ever happened to them . . . |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Twilight of the Gothic? Joseph Crawford, 2014-05-15 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. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Landower Legacy Victoria Holt, 1984 During Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee year, a 14-year-old girl blurts a secret, and the consequences in her life extend ten years to Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Ammie, Come Home Barbara Michaels, 2005-04-26 It begins as a lark -- a harmless diversion initiated by Washington, D.C., hostess Ruth Bennett as a means of entertaining her visiting niece, Sara. But the séance conducted in Ruth's elegant Georgetown home calls something back; something unwelcome ... and palpably evil. Suddenly Sara is speaking in a voice not her own, transformed into a miserable, whimpering creature so unlike her normal, sensible self. No tricks or talismans will dispel the malevolence that now plagues the inhabitants of this haunted place -- until a dark history of treachery, lust, and violence is exposed. But the cost might well be the sanity and the lives of the living. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy, 2010-08-11 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country Chavisa Woods, 2017-05-16 Nominated for the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Fiction Darkly funny and brilliantly human, urgently fantastical and implacably realistic. This is one of the best short story collections I've read in years. It should be required reading for anyone who's trying to understand America in 2017. —Paul La Farge, author of The Night Ocean The eight stories in Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country paint a vivid image of people living on the fringes in America, people who don't do what you might expect them to. Not stories of triumph over adversity, but something completely other. Described in language that is brilliantly sardonic, Woods's characters return repeatedly to places where they don't belong—often the places where they were born. In Zombie, a coming-of-age story like no other, two young girls find friendship with a mysterious woman in the local cemetery. Take the Way Home That Leads Back to Sullivan Street describes a lesbian couple trying to repair their relationship by dropping acid at a Mensa party. In A New Mohawk, a man in romantic pursuit of a female political activist becomes inadvertently much more familiar with the Palestine/Israel conflict than anyone would have thought possible. And in the title story, Woods brings us into the mind of a queer goth teenager who faces ostracism from her small-town evangelical church. In the background are the endless American wars and occupations and too many early deaths of friends and family. This is fiction that is fresh and of the moment, even as it is timeless. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Gothic Feminism Diane Long Hoeveler, 2011-12-31 As British women writers in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries sought to define how they experienced their era's social and economic upheaval, they helped popularize a new style of bourgeois female sensibility. Building on her earlier work in Romantic Androgyny, Diane Long Hoeveler now examines the Gothic novels of Charlotte Smith, Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, Charlotte Dacre Byrne, Mary Shelley, and the Brontës to show how these writers helped define femininity for women of the British middle class. Hoeveler argues that a female-created literary ideology, now known as victim feminism, arose as the Gothic novel helped create a new social role of professional victim for women adjusting to the new bourgeois order. These novels were thinly disguised efforts at propagandizing a new form of conduct for women, teaching that professional femininity—a cultivated pose of wise passiveness and controlled emotions—best prepared them for social survival. She examines how representations of both men and women in these novels moved from the purely psychosexual into social and political representations, and how these writers constructed a series of ideologies that would allow their female characters—and readers—fictitious mastery over an oppressive social and political system. Gothic Feminism takes a neo-feminist approach to these women's writings, treating them not as sacred texts but as thesis-driven works that attempted to instruct women in a series of strategic poses. It offers both a new understanding of the genre and a wholly new interpretation of feminism as a literary ideology. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Gun in Cheek Bill Pronzini, 2017-04-19 This is fabulously funny stuff. — John D. MacDonald. Good-natured and witty, this expert compilation samples the best of the worst in 20th-century mystery writing. Introduction by Ed McBain. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Masquerade in Venice Velda Johnston, 1987 |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: By Force Alone Lavie Tidhar, 2020-08-11 A retelling of Arthurian myth from World Fantasy Award-winner Lavie Tidhar, By Force Alone. Everyone thinks they know the story of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. The fact is they don't know sh*t. Arthur? An over-promoted gangster. Merlin? An eldritch parasite. Excalibur? A shady deal with a watery arms dealer. Britain? A clogged sewer that Rome abandoned just as soon as it could. A savage and cutting epic fantasy, equally poetic and profane, By Force Alone is a magical adventure and a subversive masterwork. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Bleak November Rohan O'Grady, 2025-01-14 When Amy Burton's mother-in-law buys her and her husband Eric a lovely old mansion, it sounds like a dream come true for the young couple. But there's something not quite right about the house. Old Mrs. Mac, who has psychic gifts, is the first to notice a sinister aura, and then there are the weird cries in the night and the scratching of a ghostly black dog at the door. Even stranger is the fact that the old house is not really old, but for some mysterious reason has been made to look that way. At last Amy learns the unspeakable truth about a horrible deed committed in the house. But Amy has secrets of her own, buried deep within her memory and struggling to break free to the surface. The terror at the Burton house mounts, but is it really haunted, or is it all just in Amy's mind? Readers will find the book impossible to put down until its final shocking revelation. Inspired in part by a real-life case, Rohan O'Grady's Bleak November (1970) is an exceptional Gothic novel with a genuinely creepy atmosphere, a slow-building sense of dread, and enough twists and turns to keep readers guessing. By the time I finished it very late at night, I hesitated to look up from its pages. - The New York Times An unforgettable heroine - a marvelous Gothic! - St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Paperbacks from Hell Grady Hendrix, 2017-09-19 From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a nostalgic and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of the 1970s and ’80s. Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades . . . if you dare. Page through dozens and dozens of amazing book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs! Read shocking plot summaries that invoke devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate! Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary’s Baby. Complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles, this unforgettable volume dishes on familiar authors like V. C. Andrews and R. L. Stine, plus many more who’ve faded into obscurity. Also included are recommendations for which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time and which should stay buried. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Devereaux Legacy Carolyn Hart, 2013-02-12 INTRODUCING A NEW LINE OF CAROLYN HART CLASSICS, each with a new introduction by the author! Leah Devereaux is a dead woman. At least, that's what the folks now running the Devereaux plantation tell her: Leah has been presumed dead for nineteen years--since the day that both her parents died. Leah, very much alive, has returned to South Carolina to uncover the untold story of her parents' deaths. While some, like her cousin Merrick, welcome her, Cissy and John Edward tell her to stay away, tell her to stop meddling in secrets long kept. When a ghost known only as the Whispering Lady appears once again at the Devereaux plantation after years of absence, the locals know it's an omen of death. Merrick and Leah may be the next targets. . . . |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Female Gothic Juliann E. Fleenor, 1983 |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Menfreya in the Morning Victoria Holt, 2001 |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Asylum John Harwood, 2013-06-03 Harwood has a gift for creating suspense, apparently effortlessly. Ruth Rendell. A gothic suspense novel that will keep you in its grip until the final page. Georgina Ferrars, a young woman living quietly with her uncle in London, wakes to find herself in a private asylum 200 miles away on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, with no memory of the past six weeks. Dr Straker, the charismatic physician in charge, tells her that she has suffered a seizure – and that her name is not Georgina Ferrars, but Lucy Ashton. A telegram from her uncle confirms that Georgina Ferrars is still in London. Her protests only serve to convince the doctors that she is in the grip of ‘hysterical possession’, and Georgina is certified insane. So begins The Asylum, a gothic suspense novel set in late Victorian England. With no friends, no money, and no one she dare trust, Georgina is left with only her stubborn determination to find out what happened during those missing weeks, no matter how terrifying the consequences. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Noonday Devil Ursula Curtiss, 2009-07 This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Writing Popular Fiction Dean Ray Koontz, 1973 Aspiring novelists are given advice on writing polishing, and marketing mysteries, suspense tales, Westerns, science fiction, and romances |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Gerald and Elizabeth D. E. Stevenson, 2003-01-02 Gerald Brown is a handsome and brilliant young engineer - wrongfully accused of stealing diamonds from his South African firm. Why has he been framed? Elizabeth Burleigh is a beautiful and talented West End actress - compelled to deny what marriage could bring her. What is the secret that impairs her love? Gerald and Elizabeth are half-brother and sister. They are reunited in London and together they face the mysteries that have made them both so unhappy. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Stormy the Way Anne Hampson, 1983 |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Kirkland Revels Victoria Holt, 1962 Kirkland Revels loomed high above the wild and eerie Yorkshire moors like a brooding stone fortress. To some there was an atmosphere of evil about the place, but to innocent young bride Catherine Rockwell, the mansion seemed magnificently romantic. She did not know then of the terrible secrets imprisoned behind its massive walls. Or that at the moment she had entered her new home, she had crossed the threshold of terror ... |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Maggy Sara Seale, 1981 |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Encyclopedia of the Gothic William Hughes, David Punter, Andrew Smith, 2015-10-08 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE GOTHIC “Well written and interesting [it is] a testament to the breadth and depth of knowledge about its central subject among the more than 130 contributing writers, and also among the three editors, each of whom is a significant figure in the field of gothic studies ... A reference work that’s firmly rooted in and actively devoted to expressing the current state of academic scholarship about its area.” New York Journal of Books “A substantial achievement.” Reference Reviews Comprehensive and wide-ranging, The Encyclopedia of the Gothic brings together over 200 newly-commissioned essays by leading scholars writing on all aspects of the Gothic as it is currently taught and researched, along with challenging insights into the development of the genre and its impact on contemporary culture. The A-Z entries provide comprehensive coverage of relevant authors, national traditions, critical developments, and notable texts that continue to define, shape, and inform the genre. The volume’s approach is truly interdisciplinary, with essays by specialist international contributors whose expertise extends beyond Gothic literature to film, music, drama, art, and architecture. From Angels and American Gothic to Wilde and Witchcraft, The Encyclopedia of the Gothic is the definitive reference guide to all aspects of this strange and wondrous genre. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature is a comprehensive, scholarly, authoritative, and critical overview of literature and theory comprising individual titles covering key literary genres, periods, and sub-disciplines. Available both in print and online, this groundbreaking resource provides students, teachers, and researchers with cutting-edge scholarship in literature and literary studies. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Subversion of Romance in the Novels of Barbara Pym Ellen M. Tsagaris, 1998 Points out how British novelist Pym (1913-80) parodied the conventions of romance novels by deflating characters, hyperbole, and exaggeration, or emphasizing meticulously the mundane elements of everyday life. Shows how she used food, clothes, heroin and hero characterizations, and marriage customs to portray her characters,' and perhaps her own, skepticism about the whole business. Paper edition (764-0), $18.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Horror Fiction in the 20th Century Jess Nevins, 2020-01-07 Providing an indispensable resource for academics as well as readers interested in the evolution of horror fiction in the 20th century, this book provides a readable yet critical guide to global horror fiction and authors. Horror Fiction in the 20th Century encompasses the world of 20th-century horror literature and explores it in a critical but balanced fashion. Readers will be exposed to the world of horror literature, a truly global phenomenon during the 20th century. Beginning with the modern genre's roots in the 19th century, the book proceeds to cover 20th-century horror literature in all of its manifestations, whether in comics, pulps, paperbacks, hardcover novels, or mainstream magazines, and from every country that produced it. The major horror authors of the century receive their due, but the works of many authors who are less well-known or who have been forgotten are also described and analyzed. In addition to providing critical assessments and judgments of individual authors and works, the book describes the evolution of the genre and the major movements within it. Horror Fiction in the 20th Century stands out from its competitors and will be of interest to its readers because of its informed critical analysis, its unprecedented coverage of female authors and writers of color, and its concise historical overview. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Partners in Love Jean Saunders, 2019-01-31 “A fun summer read” from the author of The Bannister Girls, shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year award (Holly Kinsella, bestselling author). When a handsome stranger walks into Robin Pollard’s favorite secluded beach cove, he changes not only the landscape of her Cornish home, but the trajectory of her life. As her father enters into a business partnership with slick property developer Luke Burgess to sell off the wild moors on his land, Robin’s life is turned upside down. Fiery and headstrong, Robin won’t let her childhood home go without a fight. To keep her enemy close, Robin takes a job with Luke, refusing to let him take advantage of her father. But it’s her soul at stake as she struggles to save the land she cherishes—and trust her feelings for the man who has stolen her heart . . . |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Women, Violence and Postmillennial Romance Fiction Emma Roche, 2023-04-21 This book interrogates the significance of the revival and reformulation of the romance genre in the postmillennial period. Emma Roche examines how six popular novels, published between 2005 and 2015 (Twilight, Fifty Shades of Grey, Gone Girl, Sharp Objects and The Girl on the Train), reanimate and modify recognisable tropes from the romance genre to reflect a neoliberal and postfeminist cultural climate. As such, Roche argues, these novels function as crucial spaces for interrogating and challenging those contemporary gender ideologies. Throughout the book, Roche addresses and critiques several key attributes of neoliberal postfeminism, including a pervasive emphasis on individualism and personal responsibility; an insistent requirement for self-monitoring, self-surveillance, and bodywork; the celebration of consumerism and its associated pleasures; the prescription of mandatory optimism and suppressing one’s ‘negative’ emotions; and the endorsement of choice as a primary marker of women’s empowerment. While much critical attention has been devoted to those attributes and their pernicious effects, Roche argues that one crucial repercussion has been largely overlooked in contemporary cultural criticism: how these ideologies function together to effectively sanction gender-based violence. Thus, Roche exploits textual analysis to demonstrate the subtle ways in which neoliberal postfeminism can augment women’s vulnerability to male violence. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Vampire Book J Gordon Melton, 2010-09-01 The Ultimate Collection of Vampire Facts and Fiction From Vlad the Impaler to Barnabas Collins to Edward Cullen to Dracula and Bill Compton, renowned religion expert and fearless vampire authority J. Gordon Melton, PhD takes the reader on a vast, alphabetic tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the blood-sucking undead. Digging deep into the lore, myths, pop culture, and reported realities of vampires and vampire legends from across the globe, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead exposes everything about the blood thirsty predator. Death and immortality, sexual prowess and surrender, intimacy and alienation, rebellion and temptation. The allure of the vampire is eternal, and The Vampire Book explores it all. The historical, literary, mythological, biographical, and popular aspects of one of the world's most mesmerizing paranormal subject. This vast reference is an alphabetical tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the soul-sucking undead. In the first fully revised and updated edition in a decade, Dr. J. Gordon Melton (president of the American chapter of the Transylvania Society of Dracula) bites even deeper into vampire lore, myths, reported realities, and legends that come from all around the world. From Transylvania to plague-infested Europe to Nostradamus and from modern literature to movies and TV series, this exhaustive guide furnishes more than 500 essays to quench your thirst for facts, biographies, definitions, and more. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: The Language of Love Jean Saunders, 2018-12-13 “An unlikely love story . . . Funny and moving,” from the author of The Bannister Girls, shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year award (Holly Kinsella, bestselling author). One of London’s most sought after florists, Annette Granger has had her fair share of heartbreak; widowed at twenty, she didn’t think it possible to love again. Throwing herself into her work, Annette never let herself get too close to anyone. Though as her career flourishes, she can’t help feeling something is missing in her personal life. But when the handsome Pieter Van Ness walks into her shop, everything changes. Intrigued by this mysterious Dutchman and beguiled by the romance of Amsterdam, Annette feels her resolve weakening. Can Annette let herself be loved again or has she been hurt too much in the past? Full of passion and romance, The Language of Love is a poignant story about moving on and beginning again. |
| 1970s gothic romance novels: Comics through Time M. Keith Booker, 2014-10-28 Focusing especially on American comic books and graphic novels from the 1930s to the present, this massive four-volume work provides a colorful yet authoritative source on the entire history of the comics medium. Comics and graphic novels have recently become big business, serving as the inspiration for blockbuster Hollywood movies such as the Iron Man series of films and the hit television drama The Walking Dead. But comics have been popular throughout the 20th century despite the significant effects of the restrictions of the Comics Code in place from the 1950s through 1970s, which prohibited the depiction of zombies and use of the word horror, among many other rules. Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas provides students and general readers a one-stop resource for researching topics, genres, works, and artists of comic books, comic strips, and graphic novels. The comprehensive and broad coverage of this set is organized chronologically by volume. Volume 1 covers 1960 and earlier; Volume 2 covers 1960–1980; Volume 3 covers 1980–1995; and Volume 4 covers 1995 to the present. The chronological divisions give readers a sense of the evolution of comics within the larger contexts of American culture and history. The alphabetically arranged entries in each volume address topics such as comics publishing, characters, imprints, genres, themes, titles, artists, writers, and more. While special attention is paid to American comics, the entries also include coverage of British, Japanese, and European comics that have influenced illustrated storytelling of the United States or are of special interest to American readers. |
1970s - Wikipedia
The 1970s (pronounced "nineteen-seventies"; commonly shortened to the "Seventies" or the "' 70s") was the decade that began on January 1, 1970, and ended on December 31, 1979.
Timeline of the 1970s | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Notable cultural events of the 1970s included the debut of the sports network ESPN and the release of the film classics The Godfather and Star Wars. Jaws made movie news by …
70 historic moments from the 1970s - CNN
May 21, 2015 · Pop culture and politics collided on December 21, 1970, when the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, visited President Richard Nixon in the White House Oval Office. The …
Ultimate70s.com: 1970's History Day By Day
Welcome to Ultimate70s.com, the most thorough site on the internet dedicated to those great years of the 1970s! Remember what it was like to live through that era — or …
25 Major Events of the 1970s That Defined a Decade
Jan 17, 2025 · The 1970s was a decade defined by innovation, activism, and upheaval. These 25 events reflect the challenges and triumphs of an era that reshaped the world. From …
Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle: Writing against Notions of …
But Atwood produces samples of women's popular romance in the novels that Joan Foster writes, fiction that is halfway between the historical romance of Barbara Cartland and the popular …
HOW TO WRITE BEST SELLING FICTION - Internet Archive
2. Readers’ tastes have changed. For instance, Gothic romance novels were once eagerly sought by readers and, therefore, by most publishers as well; in the early 1970s, that was the hottest …
The Gothic: Danger, Discontent, and Desire - Springer
Gothic times’ seems to carry even more force now as the appetite for Gothic ... opment of feminist literary theory and criticism in the 1960s and 1970s. As David Richter notes, feminism was …
HOW TO WRITE BEST SELLING FICTION
2. Readers’ tastes have changed. For instance, Gothic romance novels were once eagerly sought by readers and, therefore, by most publishers as well; in the early 1970s, that was the hottest …
6 Georgette Heyer and redefining the Gothic romance - JSTOR
approaching the Gothic romance as a reader and writer of romance in The Gothic Romance Wave (2018), returns cyclically to a definition based on a range of ‘standard elements’3 which are …
Gender and Sexuality in Young Adult Fiction - Springer
themes of liminality, monstrosity, transgression, romance, and sexuality in ction for young adults. This chapter examines how gothic traditions are repurposed and recongured for young people, …
Introduction: Defining the Female Gothic - Springer
Defining the Female Gothic 3 deep disorder.’ 5 Rooted in ‘the dreams of women’, Doody suggested, the English Gothic novel became ‘along one line of its evolution the novel of …
1.1 History and Context 1 Body Horror, Then and Now
First-wave Gothic novels and ... twentieth century began to formalise in the shape of the Gothic romance and the ... or published between the end of the 1970s and the early 1990s: the …
Twenty-First-Century Gothic - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
These twin Gothics—Gothic as the profoundly serious business of trauma and haunting, and Gothic as sensation, pleasure and romance—go hand in hand and are not always clearly …
A Novel Approach: The Sociology of Literature, Children’s …
Sociological studies of literature and literary practice seem to have bloomed during the 1970s and crested in the 1980s, with the publication of a collection of essays on the subject (Desan, …
The Reception of Reader-Response Theory - JSTOR
of reader-response theory during the 1970s and 1980s, the question also evokes CCC 56:3 / FEBRUARY 2005 410. HARKIN / THE RECEPTION OF READER-RESPONSE THEORY a …
Reviews - JSTOR
1970s. By rephrasing the term as a question, Wolstenholme signals her own intention to re- ... Modern romance derived from the gothic reduces history to an ef-fect of "sexual and familial …
Contemporary Gothic Romance Novels (book) - gardiners.com
Contemporary Gothic Romance Novels The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield,2009-03-16 A 1 New York Times bestseller The Thirteenth Tale is part contemporary part historical ... The …
LSE Research Online - London School of Economics
romance, including historical romances, bodice rippers, 'sex and shopping' novels and newer sub genres such as the sci-fi romance, erotic fiction for women and 'chick lit'. This section …
“Romance Itself is Political”: The Power of the Popular …
While Lyons and Selinger’s analysis speaks specifically to 1970s romance novels, my thesis research builds on this analysis to explore how later romance novels can (and should) be ...
Classic Gothic Romance Novels (2024) - sip.ymcanorth.org
Classic Gothic Romance Novels: ... A. Paige,2018-09-19 The late 1960s and early 1970s saw the birth of modern feminism the sexual revolution and strong growth in the mass market …
‘Mother Radcliff’: Ann Radcliffe and the Female Gothic
that the Gothic was somehow the peculiar province of women, either as writers or readers. As the publishing craze of the 1790s, the Gothic swept all before it; and while men may have been …
Gothic Romance in the Magazines - JSTOR
memoirs; heroic and pastoral romances; epistolary novels after the man-ner of Richardson; historical novels; picaresque novels; voyages and adventure stories; and Gothic romance in its …
The Picaresque Novel: A Protean Form - JSTOR
several works from the generally accepted canon of picaresque novels were an end in itself. Among the features often considered characteristic of the picaresque nov el are the following: …
VISIONS OF AFTER THE END: A HISTORY AND THEORY
1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction With the recent release of films such as World War Z (2013), The Hunger Games series (2012-2015), and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and television series like …
Fictionalised History and Fabricated Artefacts: The Amelia …
of genre fiction: the detective story, the gothic novel, just about everything you could think of. I had a very jolly time with it” (Mertz qtd. in Swanson 2001: 53). Mertz’s enthusiasm for, and …
Mistressing Fear: Gothic, Gender and Feminism in Angela …
2.1 Eighteenth-Century Gothic, Gender and Feminism 2.2 Gothic in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2.3 From the Fairy Tale to the Romance Novel and the Female Gothic 2.4 …
of View and Subjectivity in the Gothic Romance - JSTOR
will focus on the Gothic romance film of the 1940s, its place within the Gothic genre, and the relationship between its textual variations and the historical situation of American women. For …
The Popularity of the “Feminine Monster”: The Malleability of …
Maurier’s—and the Female Gothic’s—relevance in contemporary popular culture decades later. Keywords: short stories, horror, Gothicism, Female Gothic, feminine monster, feminism, …
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FOREVER GONE - JSTOR
In the late 1970s a new incarnation of androgynous masculinity claimed to represent what Wilde called "the artistic temperament in our inartistic age" (12). A bricolage of the hyperromantic, …
Elements of the Gothic Novel - Woodbury University
Apr 22, 2019 · darkness than many modern Gothic works), so it might be said that another element of the classic Gothic is its intensity created by profuse employment of the vocabulary …
Race and Racism in Austen Spaces: Jane Austen and Regency …
romance-plot based, than social commentary of any kind. The genre, inspired by Heyer’s war-time novels, later became synonymous with bodice-ripping covers in the 1970s, but in the 1980s …
Lesbian Gothic: Genre, Transformation, Transgression
ing and transforming the conventions of the genre. As I show in Lesbian Gothic: Transgressive Fictions(1999), novels and stories of this kind are notable for their versatility. Lesbian Gothic …
GOTHIC PLOT IN 'GREAT EXPECTATIONS' - JSTOR
106 DICKENSQUARTERLY themas"counterfictions":"anovelofBildungunabletofreeitselffrom Gothicschauer (171-2).Eventhoughthepresenceofthegeneraleffectof ...
Gothic romance Gothic romance, - University of Babylon
Gothic romance, type of novel that flourished in the late 18th and early 19th cent. in England. Gothic romances were mysteries, often involving ... During the 1960s so-called Gothic novels …
KS3 Fiction Booklet - Langley School, Solihull
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Little Women was written in 1868 and is one of the most beloved children’s books of all time. It is the story of the four March sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and …
Gothic Romance Novels - Pikes Peak Library District
Gothic romances, which flourished in late 18th and early 19th century England, often involve the supernatural, are heavily tinged with horror, and are usually set against dark backgrounds of …
PAPERBACK ROMANCE by Rob Imes
PAPERBACK ROMANCE by Rob Imes Before last month, my knowledge of romance novels was next to nil. I'd never actually bought one before, unless you count a few Gothic romance …
Stephen Kingâ•Žs The Dark Tower and the Postmodern Serial
but characters from other King novels, such as Father Callahan of ‘Salem’s Lot and Ted Brautigan of Hearts in Atlantis. Eventually Stephen King himself appears in the series as a character, …
Female Gothic and the Institutionalisation of Gothic Studies
on the ‘substantial gains’ made since the late 1970s, Coral Ann Howells acknowledges that scholars no longer have ‘to argue for the legitimacy of Gothic as a proper subject of literary …
The Female Gothic - Springer
Gothic Literature (2007), Victorian Demons (2004) and Gothic Radicalism (2000). He is the co-series editor (with Benjamin F. Fisher) of Gothic Literary Studies, and Gothic Authors: Critical …
The Female Gothic - IEAS, University of Szeged
the Northanger Novels 60 Angela Wright 5. Bleeding Nuns: A Genealogy of the Female Gothic Grotesque 76 Alison Milbank 6. From Bluebeard’s Bloody Chamber to Demonic Stigmatic 98 …
Margaret Atwood: Twenty-Five years of Gothic Tales - The …
popular romances, dystopias, historical novels (to name but a few), renovating old genres but always acknowledging those traditional frames of reference. Not ignoring the dead while …
Contemporary Gothic Romance Novels
The Gothic Romance Wave Lori A. Paige,2018-09-19 The late 1960s and early 1970s saw the birth of modern feminism, the sexual revolution, and strong growth in the mass-market …
ROMANTICISM AND THE GOTHIC - Cambridge University …
gothic, but also show them often borrowing the very metaphors and techniquesthey are most critical about elsewhere.What we have, then, are borrowings that cannot be explained …
Guilty Pleasures: Reading Romance - JSTOR
GUILTYPLEASURES appearwithinpopularromanticfictionmaybothreflectthevaluesandsensibil- itiesoftheculturefromwhichtheyemerge,andpotentiallytransformthe ...
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GOTHIC LITERATURE Gothic literature is a genre of novel that was popular in the late 18th and 19th century and is ‘characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror, and with a pseudo …
IT’S A TWILIGHT THING—YOU WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND
it today is still so laden with gothic vestiges that the two genres are, in many respects, identical. Therefore, I found it possible, especially for the purposes of examining Twilight, to discard …
Between the Sheets Contemporary Blockbuster Gothic …
Between the Sheets: Gothic Romance Fiction of the 21st Century. A Taste for Vampires 1. Chapter one — Virgins and Whores, the ‘Sex Wars’, and Feminism: Gothic Romance in …
In defence of reading (and watching) trash: Feminists reading …
romance is a particularly female field; the romance genre is one that men on the whole do not read, nor do they write (as far as can be known) popular sentimental fictions, and few men …
Year 8 Curriculum Area - Netherthorpe School
Although the genre was named after the gothic castles and crumbling medieval ruins so prevalent in early novels, many modern gothic novels have moved away from this traditional setting …
Gothic Literature in America - Springer
domestic intrigue, she produced a series of novels that offered a successful pattern of Gothic frissons and cultural and aesthetic theory. The lessons that the novels provided involved …
Posthuman Gothic and Monstrosity in Ahmed Saadawi‟s …
criticized with the similar accusations that were previously put forward against romance. The gothic was condemned for not producing moral, reason, and symmetricity in literary works by …
352 / REVIEWS - JSTOR
The first set of terms characterizes the novels of manners, the second belongs to new Gothic, and the novel of Gothic manners evolves out of the tension between the two sets of terms. …
Introduction: The Gothic in/and History - Cambridge …
978-1-108-47270-8 — The Cambridge History of the Gothic Volume 1: Gothic in the Long Eighteenth Century Excerpt ... Introduction: The Gothic in/and History dale townshend, angela …
