The Darcy myth Jane Austen, literary heartthrobs, and the monsters they taught us to love
by Feder, Rachel (Author)
Summary
Literature scholar Rachel Feder unpacks Austen's Gothic influences and how they have led us to a romantic ideal that is 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 w... Full description