Hirst, Holly (2020) "The Gothic Romance " The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic 357-372 DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-33136-8_22 Topic gothic romance Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Phyllis A. Whitney rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse gender readers Daphne du Maurier romance scholarship social/economic class Catherine Cookson Christine Marion Fraser Georgette Heyer