The Twilight of the Gothic?
Vampire Fiction and the Rise of the Paranormal Romance
Distributed for University of Wales Press
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The First 800 Years
2. Romancing the Paranormal
3. Sleeping with the Enemy
4. The New Millennium
5. The Twilight Controversy
6. Mutations
Epilogue – Signs and Portents: Red Riding Hood, Snow White and the Huntsman and Fifty Shades of Grey
Notes
Bibliography
Index
“Crawford’s compelling account of how and why Twilight became such a controversial force in twenty-first century culture is essential reading for all with an interest in the contemporary Gothic. Effortlessly readable and encompassing an impressive range of material, it strikes a difficult balance between clear-eyed critical insight and sympathy for the readers and fans of paranormal romance. Joining the dots between the Gothic romances of the late eighteenth century and the vampire romances of the present, it provides the first authoritative, book-length attempt to plot the cultural history of this new and much-misunderstood genre.”
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