![]() ![]() I was delighted, having written my own new Gothic, to find that Harlequin were launching their new Shivers digital first line. They have high levels of sensuality, but are not erotic romances. The ‘new’ Gothics have elements of the supernatural or unexplained, but are not paranormal romances. So, what do you do as an author if you want to see more of a particular genre? Get writing, of course! But I have always loved the darker side of romance novels and missed the Gothics. The popularity of the Gothic has waned in recent years. Authors included Victoria Holt, Mary Stewart and Dorothy Eden. Modeled on Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Jane Eyre’ and Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’, these novels usually had a spirited young heroine, a large gloomy mansion, peculiar supporting characters, precocious children and darkly handsome men with mysterious pasts. Jane Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey pokes fun at Gothic romances.ĭuring the 1960s Gothic romances became enormously popular. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole was the forerunner of the genre, which also included the works of Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Gregory Lewis and Mary Shelley. They were usually set against dark backgrounds of medieval ruins, mysterious manor houses and haunted castles. Gothic romances were mysteries, often involving the supernatural and heavily tinged with horror. The first Gothic’s were written in the late 18th and early 19th century in England. I’m so excited about the topic she has chosen – Gothic Romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Today Jane Godman has taken over my blog. ![]()
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