Episode 11: Love stories

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

General references:

Heliodorus’ The Ethiopian Story

Courtly love

Don Quixote

Courtly love in Shakespeare

Platonic love stories

History of Domestic Violence 

Do Romance Novels Ruin Relationships 

Racism in Romance Novels 

Books/written works:

• The Ethiopian Story by Heliodorus
• Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
• The Courtly Love Theme in Shakespeare’s Plays by Douglas Henry Cherry
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
• The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
• The Matter of Britain by various authors
• Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
• The Man of La Mancha musical with book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion
• Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
• The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
• The Natural History of the Romance Novel by Pamela Regis
• The Switch by Beth O’Leary
• Bridgerton series by Julie Quinn
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
• True Grit by Charles Portis 

Movies:

• Bridgerton
• Rosaline
• Yellowstone
• 1883

Authors/Creators:

• Courtney Love
• Veronica Roth
• Amie Kaufman
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Baldassare Castiglione
• Philip Sidney
• Edmund Spenser
• Thomas Malory
• Marie de France
• Anthony Warlow
• The Bronte sisters
• Jilly Cooper
• Johanna Lindsey
• Hallmark
• Harlequin/Mills & Boon
• Disney
• Jenny Cruise
• Nina Baym
• Zane Grey
• Louis L’Amour

Characters:

• Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Pink Panther)
• The heroines in Jane Austen novels
• Ambrose St James (novel by Johanna Lindsey)
• Genevieve Eversea (novel by Julie Anne Long)
• Wulfric Bedwyn (novel by Mary Balogh)
• Everline Armstrong (novel by Maya Banks)
• Robin Hood
• King Arthur
• Jack Reacher (novels by Lee Child)
• Jason Bourne (novels by Robert Ludlum)
• James Bond (novels by Ian Fleming
• Sherlock Holmes & John Watson (stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
• Percy Jackson (novels by Rick Riordan)
• Harry Potter (novels by J.K. Rowling)
• Eowyn & Galadriel (novels by J.R.R. Tolkien)
• Bridget Jones (novels by Helen Fielding)
• Elizabeth Bennett (novel by Jane Austen)
• Viola (play by Shakespeare)
• Jane Eyre (novel by Charlotte Bronte)
• CC & Hillary (Beaches film)
• Molly and Amy (Booksmart film)
• Anne and Diana (novels by L.M.M. Montgomery)
• Laurie and Jo (novels by Louisa May Alcott)

Characters/notable people:

• Scarlett & Rhett (novel by Margaret Mitchell)
• Paolo & Francesca (novel by Dante Alighieri)
• Odysseus & Penelope (novel by Homer)
• Napoleon & Josephine Bonaparte
• Orpheus & Eurydice (novel by Virgil)
• Paris & Helen (novel by Homer)
• Tristan & Iseult (romances by Thomas of Britain)
• Lancelot & Guinevere (novel by Thomas Malory)
• Cleopatra & Mark Anthony
• Romeo & Juliet (play by William Shakespeare)

Shelf-Obsessed:

• The road trip by Beth O'Leary
• Find me by André Aciman
• Twenty-one truths about love by Matthew Dicks
• Five hundred miles from you by Jenny Colgan
• Lilies, lies and love by Jackie French
• Swimming in the dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
• If I never met you by Mhairi McFarlane
• The lost lights of St Kilda by Elisabeth Gifford
• The good woman of Renmark by Darry Fraser
• Love and other battles by Tess Woods
• The 5 love languages: the secret to love that lasts by Gary Chapman
• Young lovers (film)
• Dirty dancing (film)