Here it is, in all it's brevity:
Deadly Love:
Conflict and Paradigms in Vampire Romance Novels
In her essay “Legends of Seductive Elegance” Anne Stuart claims, “At the heart of the vampire myth is a demon lover who is both elegant and deadly, a creature whose savagery is all the more shocking when taken with his seductive beauty and style” (85). The vampire in paranormal romance novels is a curiously subversive creature. It transforms the long tradition of vampire mythology as seen in the Hades and Persephone myth, the Death and the Maiden figure in 15th century paintings, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The central tension in vampire myth is between the vampire and the human: life and death, innocence and experience, immortality and mortality, age and youth. In traditional vampire stories the way to resolve this human-vampire conflict is the mortals’ death or the vampire’s true death. However, the vampire in paranormal romance is a sympathetic character who deserves a happy ending, which leads authors to resolve conflict in ways that do not result in the death off the hero or the heroine. To achieve these happy endings, several paradigms have evolved within the genre. This paper investigates subversive elements and conflict-resolution paradigms in the paranormal vampire romance genre, focusing on works by Nora Roberts, Christine Feehan, JR Ward and Sherrilyn Kenyon.
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FWIW, Eric just finished his semester, so he's a bit swamped. He'll get to it, I promise, and if you're feeling really concerned, he won't mind a nagging email either. And I'll tell him I said so! :)
Looks very cool! Can't wait to meet you there.
I won't bug him (yet) It's barely been two days, and I'm just being a bit insecure.
*grins*
I'm really excited!!!
PS: Is there any more details about the Princeton Conference in April?
Your paper sounds awesome... It's times like these that I wish I studied English. :)
Will you be publishing your reading list, or even your paper here, once it's done? I sure would love to read it.
Hi, I was doing some research for my M.A. essay on romances and I found your website. Your essay sounds very interesting :)
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kalafudra, yes I will be, though it might be a while.
Helena Maria, I'm glad! You'll have to give me a contact so I can see what you're doing!
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