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A Natural History of the Romance Novel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812203103
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Natural History of the Romance NovelDDC classification:
  • 823/.08509
LOC classification:
  • PR830.L69 -- R445 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface: The Most Popular, Least Respected Literary Genre -- PART I. CRITICS AND THE ROMANCE NOVEL -- 1. The Romance Novel and Women's Bondage -- 2. In Defense of the Romance Novel -- PART II. THE ROMANCE NOVEL DEFINED -- 3. The Definition -- 4. The Definition Expanded -- 5. The Genre's Limits -- PART III. THE ROMANCE NOVEL, 1740-1908 -- 6. Writing the Romance Novel's History -- 7. The First Best Seller: Pamela, 1740 -- 8. The Best Romance Novel Ever Written: Pride and Prejudice, 1813 -- 9. Freedom and Rochester: Jane Eyre, 1847 -- 10. The Romance Form in the Victorian Multiplot Novel: Framley Parsonage, 1861 -- 11. The Ideal Romance Novel: A Room with a View, 1908 -- PART IV. THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY ROMANCE NOVEL -- 12. The Popular Romance Novel in the Twentieth Century -- 13. Civil Contracts: Georgette Heyer -- 14. Courtship and Suspense: Mary Stewart -- 15. Harlequin, Silhouette, and the Americanization of the Popular Romance Novel: Janet Dailey -- 16. Dangerous Men: Jayne Ann Krentz -- 17. One Man, One Woman: Nora Roberts -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Pamela Regis argues that the romance novel, the most popular but least respected of literary genres, does not enslave women but celebrates their freedom and joy. Regis provides critics with an expanded vocabulary for discussing a genre that is both classic and contemporary, sexy and entertaining.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface: The Most Popular, Least Respected Literary Genre -- PART I. CRITICS AND THE ROMANCE NOVEL -- 1. The Romance Novel and Women's Bondage -- 2. In Defense of the Romance Novel -- PART II. THE ROMANCE NOVEL DEFINED -- 3. The Definition -- 4. The Definition Expanded -- 5. The Genre's Limits -- PART III. THE ROMANCE NOVEL, 1740-1908 -- 6. Writing the Romance Novel's History -- 7. The First Best Seller: Pamela, 1740 -- 8. The Best Romance Novel Ever Written: Pride and Prejudice, 1813 -- 9. Freedom and Rochester: Jane Eyre, 1847 -- 10. The Romance Form in the Victorian Multiplot Novel: Framley Parsonage, 1861 -- 11. The Ideal Romance Novel: A Room with a View, 1908 -- PART IV. THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY ROMANCE NOVEL -- 12. The Popular Romance Novel in the Twentieth Century -- 13. Civil Contracts: Georgette Heyer -- 14. Courtship and Suspense: Mary Stewart -- 15. Harlequin, Silhouette, and the Americanization of the Popular Romance Novel: Janet Dailey -- 16. Dangerous Men: Jayne Ann Krentz -- 17. One Man, One Woman: Nora Roberts -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

Pamela Regis argues that the romance novel, the most popular but least respected of literary genres, does not enslave women but celebrates their freedom and joy. Regis provides critics with an expanded vocabulary for discussing a genre that is both classic and contemporary, sexy and entertaining.

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