February 15, 2016
The Terror of Romance (Or, at Least, Romanticism)
Maybe it’s all the Valentine’s Day hullabaloo (that’s a technical term), but I keep thinking about romance – romance novels, that is. Like modern romance novels and gothic romances (Romanticism). Imagine those genres next to each other – what a juxtaposition! Look to the left, and you’ll see a story about two people who fall in love and (generally) live happily ever after. Look to...