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For the Gothic Heroine


Oct 15, 2018

It's time for a big topic: gothic romance novels!  I'll be tackling the history of books with women running from houses on their covers, from the 1790s to the 1970s.  We'll talk about love and horror, cliche and innovation, feminism and conservatism, and all the other contradictions of the genre.

Recommended Media

Books:

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

The Italian by Anne Radcliffe

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Shivering Sands by Victoria Holt

Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart

Lord Satan by Janet Louise Roberts

The Lost Duchess of Greyden Castle by Nina Coombs Pykare

Dark Desires by Eve Silver

Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix

The Female Gothic edited by Juianne Fleenor

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Credits

Ambient music for this episode is by NCM Epic Music Ender Guney on youtube.  Intro and outro music is by Station 61.  Podcast artwork is by Dana Veitinger.

Audio clips in this episode are from The Rocky Horror Show Studio Cast.