03931cam a2200769 4500 1268434342 TxAuBib 20240508120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781683693581 1683693582 B0BV65F65G Amazon 4b3ea658-b1c7-40ea-a2ea-6d9bdad74aee OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9612568 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Feder, Rachel. The Darcy Myth [Libby] : Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love. Quirk Books, 2023. relationships. relationship. romance. Literary Criticism. book club. Writing. love. Regency. Library. trust. Essays. literature. gothic fiction. book lover. book lovers. love book. love books. Literary gifts. books for mom. gifts for book lovers. gifts for readers. mom gifts. mother's day gift. gifts for mom. gifts for teen girls. nerd gifts. relationship books. book lover gifts. jane austen gifts. feminist gifts. book lovers gifts. book gifts. gifts for readers book lovers. gift for teen girls. feminism gifts. literature book. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3843kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Family & Relationships. Literary Criticism. Women's Studies. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>“A wildly entertaining read.”—The Washington Post<br /> What if we've been reading Jane Austen and romantic classics all wrong? A literary scholar offers a funny, brainy, eye-opening take on how our contemporary love stories are actually terrifying.</b><br /> Covering cultural touchstones ranging from <i>Normal People</i> to Taylor Swift and from Lord Byron to <i>The Bachelor</i>, <i>The Darcy Myth</i> is a book for anyone who loves thinking deeply about literature and culture—whether it’s Jane Austen or not.<br /> You already know Mr. Darcy—at least you think you do! The brooding, rude, standoffish romantic hero of <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, 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?<br /> In <i>The Darcy Myth</i>, 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? Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-05-08 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4b3ea658-b1c7-40ea-a2ea-6d9bdad74aee&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4b3ea658-b1c7-40ea-a2ea-6d9bdad74aee&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4b3ea658-b1c7-40ea-a2ea-6d9bdad74aee&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)