The Romantic Fiction of Mills and Boon, 1909-1995.
Dixon, Jay.
The Romantic Fiction of Mills and Boon, 1909-1995. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (233 pages) - Women's and Gender History Series . - Women's and Gender History Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 A Short History of Mills & -- Boon - A very profitable small firm -- 2 Reader, Author, Editor - Many hours of pleasant reading -- 3 1910s - Society and Exotic, City and Country -- 4 Hero - You brought me to life -- 5 Heroine - Mirror Image -- 6 War and Aftermath - You give me redemption -- 7 Work - The smothering of the creative spark ... could be a sort of murder -- 8 Sex - We got all the damned foreplay over with months ago -- 9 Love and Marriage - Harbour of desire -- 10 Feminism - I'm not a feminist, but ... -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index of Mills & -- Boon Authors -- General Index.
Analyzes romantic fiction and its depiction of women within its historical context and as part of the history of ideas about women. This volume discusses such areas as: early years - class and wealth; and the twenties - sex and violence.
9781134217373
History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PR888.L69D59 1999
823/.08509091
The Romantic Fiction of Mills and Boon, 1909-1995. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (233 pages) - Women's and Gender History Series . - Women's and Gender History Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 A Short History of Mills & -- Boon - A very profitable small firm -- 2 Reader, Author, Editor - Many hours of pleasant reading -- 3 1910s - Society and Exotic, City and Country -- 4 Hero - You brought me to life -- 5 Heroine - Mirror Image -- 6 War and Aftermath - You give me redemption -- 7 Work - The smothering of the creative spark ... could be a sort of murder -- 8 Sex - We got all the damned foreplay over with months ago -- 9 Love and Marriage - Harbour of desire -- 10 Feminism - I'm not a feminist, but ... -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index of Mills & -- Boon Authors -- General Index.
Analyzes romantic fiction and its depiction of women within its historical context and as part of the history of ideas about women. This volume discusses such areas as: early years - class and wealth; and the twenties - sex and violence.
9781134217373
History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PR888.L69D59 1999
823/.08509091