Feder Rachel - The Darcy Myth Jane Austen Literary Heartthrobs And The Monsters They Taught Us To Love - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: What if we've been reading Jane Austen and romantic classics all wrong? A funny brainy eye - opening take on how our contemporary love stories are actually pretty terrifying. Covering cultural touchstones ranging from Twilight to Taylor Swift and from Lord Byron to The Bachelor The Darcy Myth is a book for anyone who loves thinking deeply about literature and culture whether they love Jane Austen or not. You already know Mr. Darcy at least you think you do! The brooding rude standoffish romantic hero of Pride and Prejudice Darcy initially insults and ignores the witty heroine but eventually succumbs to her charms. It's a classic enemies - to - lovers plot and one that has profoundly influenced our cultural ideas about courtship. But what if this classic isn t just a grand romance but a horror novel about how scary love and marriage can be for women? In The Darcy Myth literature scholar Rachel Feder unpacks Austen's Gothic influences and how they ve led us to a romantic ideal that's halfway to being a monster story. Why is our culture so obsessed with cruel indifferent romantic heroes (and sometimes heroines)? How much of that is Darcy's fault? And now that we know what do we do about it?
Title: The Darcy Myth Jane Austen Literary Heartthrobs And The Monsters They Taught Us To Love
Author(s): Feder Rachel
Publisher: Quirk Books
Barcode: 9781683693574
Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Date: 11/7/2023
Category: Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers