Research Catalog

Title

The twilight of the Gothic? : vampire fiction and the rise of the paranormal romance / Joseph Crawford.

Author

Crawford, Joseph, 1982-

Publication

Cardiff, Wales : University of Wales Press, 2014.

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Description

viii, 334 pages.; 22 cm.

Summary

The Twilight of the Gothic? explores the history of the paranormal romance genre from its origins in the horror and romance fiction of the 1970s to its expansion into a genre of mainstream fiction over the last ten years. Tracing the genre from its roots in older gothic fiction written by and for women, Joseph Crawford examines the interconnected histories of the genres of gothic and romantic fiction, from the eighteenth-century works of Ann Radcliffe and Jane Austen to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series and the television hit True Blood.

Series Statement

Gothic literary studies

Uniform Title

Gothic literary studies.

Alternative Title

• Twilight of the Gothic? : vampire fiction and the rise of the paranormal romance, 1991-2012
• Vampire fiction and the rise of the paranormal romance

Subject

• Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-
• Horror tales, American > History and criticism
• Vampires in literature
• Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American > History and criticism
• American fiction > History and criticism
• Vampire films > History and criticism
• Vampires on television

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The first 800 years -- Romancing the paranormal -- Sleeping with the enemy -- The new millennium -- The Twilight controversy -- Mutations -- Epilogue: Signs and portents: Red Riding Hood, Snow White and the Huntsman and Fifty Shades of Grey.

ISBN

• 1783160640 (cloth)
• 9781783160648 (cloth)

OCLC

880130973

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library