The Cruel Optimism of the Gothic: Wealth, Class, and Villainy in YA Fiction
The Cruel Optimism of the Gothic: Wealth, Class, and Villainy in YA Fiction
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The Cruel Optimism of the Gothic: Wealth, Class, and Villainy in YA Fiction
Villains institutionalizing heroines, crumbling, sentient houses, and a decadent social scene with a festering core: the Gothic is back in young adult fantasy, and with book deals slated into 2022,…
My favourite quote:
The Gothic re-emerges in moments of economic upheaval, but more importantly, it re-emerges when we know the old world is rotten but the new one hasn’t appeared just yet.
I also really loved Catherine House, a novel mentioned in this article.