EP12. Romance Narratives
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
