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1	The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide more books like this by J R Ward add to wishlist "New York Times"-bestselling author Ward delivers a behind-the-scenes look at her to die for ("Publishers Weekly") Black Dagger Brotherhood series--and a new short story starring Zsadist and Bella. see all copies from $9.38! new only from $9.38! \| SVS
2	The Dark-Hunter Companion more books like this by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Alethea Kontis add to wishlist "New York Times" bestselling author Kenyon presents an essential guide to the Dark-Hunter series, featuring synopses of the books, a breakdown of the world and rules of the Dark-Hunters, an Atlantean pronunciation guide, cover art, and much more. see all copies from $11.30! new only from $11.30! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Vampire Companion more books like this by Katherine M Ramsland add to wishlist Written with the full cooperation of Anne Rice - and now with more than 1,200 entries - The Vampire Companion offers an insightful exploration, appreciation, and interpretation of all the characters and events, names and places, symbols and themes in the five volumes of The Vampire Chronicles, including more than one hundred pages of new entries ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	English Romantic Writers more books like this by David Perkins (Editor) add to wishlist This has been the standard text for courses in English romantic literature, poetry, and prose since its introduction 25 years ago. The first and only anthology to include the complete text of one of William Blake's long prophetic works and selections from the biography of Mary Wollstonecraft by her husband, William Godwin, this comprehensive 1300 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $88.83! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels more books like this by Sarah Wendell, Candy Tan, Joanne Renaud (Illustrator) add to wishlist A guide to the most popular--and maligned--fiction genre, this hilariously sarcastic but always affectionate study of romance novels is perfect for hardcore fans and dabblers alike. b&w illustrations throughout. see all copies from $6.95! new only from $8.81! \| SVS
6	The Sensible Spirit: Walter Pater and the Modernist Paradigm more books like this by F C McGrath add to wishlist see all copies from $4.00! new only from $62.50! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Gothic Literature more books like this by Andrew Smith add to wishlist This introductory study provides a thorough grounding in both the history of Gothic literature and the way in which Gothic texts have been (and can be) critically read. The book opens with a chronology and an introduction to the principal texts and key critical terms, followed by four chapters: The Gothic Heyday 1760-1820; Gothic 1820-1865; Gothic ... see all copies from $25.71! new only from $25.71! \| SVS
8	Possessed: The Secret of Myslotch: A Gothic Novel more books like this by Witold Gombrowicz, J A Underwood (Translator) add to wishlist One of the great novelists of our century. see all copies from $8.52! new only from $8.52! \| SVS
9	The Political Writings: Selected Aphorisms and Other Texts more books like this by Noah Heringman, Alfarabi, Professor Thomas L Pangle (Editor) add to wishlist Alfarabi was among the first to explore the tensions between the philosophy of classical Greece and that of Islam, as well as of religion generally. His writings, extraordinary in their breadth and deep learning, have had a profound impact on Islamic and Jewish philosophy. This volume presents four of Alfarabi's most important texts, making his ... see all copies from $8.90! new only from $15.54! \| SVS
10	Mary Shelley more books like this by Graham Allen add to wishlist Graham Allen provides both an introduction to and review of the critical responses to Mary Shelley's major fictions, from the Romantic period to the present day, while also pushing debates forward. The book moves beyond "Frankenstein," presenting new readings of other texts such as "Matilda," "Valperga," "The Last Man" and "Lodore." see all copies from $25.35! new only from $33.27! \| SVS
11	The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction more books like this by Professor Jerrold E Hogle (Editor) add to wishlist Gothic as a form of fiction-making has played a major role in Western culture since the late eighteenth century. Here fourteen world-class experts on the Gothic provide thorough and revealing accounts of this haunting-to-horrifying type of fiction from the 1760s (the decade of The Castle of Otranto, the first so-called 'Gothic story') to the end ... see all copies from $18.48! new only from $18.48!
12 view cover	American Gothic Fiction more books like this by Allan Lloyd Smith, Allan Lloyd Smith add to wishlist Following the structure of other titles in the Continuum Introductions to Literary Genres series, American Gothic Fiction includes: A broad definition of the genre and its essential elements. A timeline of developments within the genre. Critical concerns to bear in mind while reading in the genre. Detailed readings of a range of widely taught ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $20.80!
13 view cover	Gothic more books like this by David Punter (Editor) add to wishlist The Gothic has become in recent years an enormously popular and respected field of study. Courses dealing wholly or partly with Gothic writing are now standard in English and cultural studies departments across the world. In response to this extraordinary growth and expansion, David Punter has compiled a Companion designed to become the standard ... see all copies from $24.49! new only from $31.50! \| SVS
14 view cover	Coleridge, Language & Criticism more books like this by Timothy Corrigan add to wishlist see all copies from $3.20! new only from $3.90! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Love, Mystery and Misery more books like this by Coral Ann Howells add to wishlist The current Gothic revival in literature and film encourages us to look again to the earliest Gothic novels written beween 1790 and 1820, when Gothic was the most popular kind of fiction in England. Dr. Howells proposes a radical reassessment of these novels to emphasize their importance as experiments in imaginative writing. Her object, the study ... see all copies from $22.08! new only from $28.00!
16 view cover	In the Name of Love: Women, Masochism, and the Gothic more books like this by Michelle A Masse add to wishlist see all copies from $4.20! new only from $58.99!
17 view cover	Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Frankenstein more books like this by Carol J Adams, Douglas Buchanan, Kelly Gesch add to wishlist A bolt-necked monster opens his eyes, lifts himself from his laboratory table, then lurches and stumbles toward his creator. Do we know this image because we are movie-watchers? When we imagine Frankenstein's monster, do we draw upon Mary Shelley's description? Or Boris Karloff's iconic look from the 1931 film by James Whale? Whether as cliche or ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Comparative Romanticisms: Power, Gender, Subjectivity more books like this by Larry H Peer (Editor), Diane Long Hoeveler (Editor) add to wishlist Despite a century of sustained critical activity and an interest level in the last ten years never before reached (as reflected in the sheer number of scholarly works produced), the study of Romanticism remains focused for the most part through individual, national, and linguistic views, and is now largely embedded in the complications of ... see all copies from $5.01! new only from $67.83! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Gothic Vision: Three Centuries of Horror, Terror and Fear more books like this by Dani Cavallaro add to wishlist The Gothic Vision examines a broad range of tales of horror, terror, the uncanny and the supernatural, spanning the late eighteenth century to the present, and of related theoretical approaches to the realm of dark writing. Dani Cavallaro argues that such narratives are objects for historical analysis, due to their implication in specific ... see all copies from $37.00! new only from $37.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	Shelley and the Revolution in Taste: The Body and the Natural World more books like this by Timothy Morton, Marilyn Butler (Editor), James Chandler (Editor) add to wishlist This book brings together the themes of diet, consumption, the body, and human relationships with the natural world, in a highly original study of Shelley. A campaigning vegetarian and proto-ecological thinker, Shelley may seem to us curiously modern, but Morton offers an illuminatingly broad context for Shelley's views in eighteenth-century ... see all copies from $30.95! new only from $51.75! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Gothic Reflections: Narrative Force in Nineteenth-Century Fiction more books like this by Peter K Garrett add to wishlist see all copies from $3.31! new only from $5.00! \| SVS
22 view cover	Gothic America: Narrative, History, and Nation more books like this by Professor Teresa A Goddu add to wishlist The gothic novel -the literary stronghold of ghosts, family curses, imperiled heroines and cumbersome plots- might be thought to fall under the category of "escapist fiction." But in this groundbreaking reappraisal, Teresa Goddu demonstrates that the American Gothic novel was, in often surprising ways, actively engaged with social, political, and ... see all copies from $11.42! new only from $33.78! \| SVS
23 view cover	Horror and the Holy: Wisdom-Teachings of the Monster Tale more books like this by Dr. Kirk J Schneider add to wishlist Throughout history, human beings have been strangely fascinated by the monstrous and the macabre. In this study of the classic horror story, Dr Schneider explains the enormous attraction of these tales as a result of our thirst for the sacred, and identifies elements of the holy in familiar blood-curdling yarns. Schneider presents an outline and ... see all copies from $4.28! new only from $19.89! \| signed copies \| SVS
24 view cover	Romancing God: Evangelical Women and Inspirational Fiction more books like this by Lynn S Neal add to wishlist In the world of the evangelical romance novel, sex and desire are mitigated by an omnipresent third party - the divine. Thus, romance is not just an encounter between lovers, but a triangle of affection: man, woman, and God. Although this literature is often disparaged by scholars and pastors alike, inspirational fiction plays a unique and ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $6.39! \| SVS
25 view cover	Romantic Poets and the Culture of Posterity more books like this by Andrew Bennett, Marilyn Butler (Editor), James Chandler (Editor) add to wishlist This original book examines the way in which the Romantic period's culture of posterity inaugurates a tradition of writing which demands that the poet should write for an audience of the future: the true poet, a figure of neglected genius, can be properly appreciated only after death. Andrew Bennett argues that this involves a radical shift in the ... see all copies from $36.00! new only from $46.75! \| first editions \| SVS

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