What if we\'ve been reading Jane Austen and romantic classics all wrong? A Literary scholar offers a funny, brainy, eye-opening take on how our contemporary Love stories are actually terrifying.
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 we know, what do we do about it?.
But what if this classic isn\'t just a grand romance, but a horror novel about how scary Love and marriage can be for women? In The Darcy Myth , literature scholar Rachel Feder unpacks Austen\'s Gothic influences and how they\'ve led us to a romantic ideal that\'s halfway to being a monster story.
It\'s a classic enemies-to-lovers plot, and one that has profoundly influenced our cultural ideas about courtship.
Darcy--at least you think you do! The brooding, rude, standoffish romantic hero of Pride and Prejudice , Darcy initially insults and ignores the witty heroine, but eventually succumbs to her charms.
You already know Mr.
Covering cultural touchstones ranging from Normal People to Taylor Swift and from Lord Byron to The Bachelor , The Darcy Myth is a book for anyone who loves thinking deeply about literature and culture--whether it\'s Jane Austen or not.
What if we\'ve been reading Jane Austen and romantic classics all wrong? A Literary scholar offers a funny, brainy, eye-opening take on how our contemporary Love stories are actually terrifying
