For this episode, Janet walks us through the history and development of Romance as a literary genre. We talk about some of the classics as well as the things that separate Romance narratives from other types of stories. See below for books mentioned! Intro song Bookmark and editing by Quatroizer). Logo art by Gabriel de Mello).
Books Mentioned: *Under the Whispering Door *by TJ Klune *The Return of Faraz Ali *by Aamina Ahmad Pageboy by Elliot Page *All the Sinners Bleed *by SA Cosby *Thebes *by Anonymous *Romeo and Juliet *and *A Midsummer Night’s Dream *by William Shakespeare *The Canterbury Tales *by Geoffrey Chaucer *Sir Gawain and the Green Knight *by Unknown *Jane Eyre *and *Wuthering Heights *by Emily Brontë *Pride and Prejudice *by Jane Austen *Annabel Lee by *Edgar Allan Poe *Lady Chatterley’s Lover *and *Women in Love *by DH Lawrence *Lolita *by Vladimir Nabokov *50 Shades of Grey *by EL James *The Notebook *by Nicholas Sparks Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman *The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida *by Shehan Karunatilaka The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon *Uprooted *by Naomi Novik *The Water Dancer *by Ta-Nehisi Coates *This Is How You Lose the Time War *by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone *The Time Traveler’s Wife *by Audrey Niffenegger *Convenience Store Woman *by Sayaka Murata