A Natural History of the Romance Novel / / Pamela Regis.
The romance novel has the strange distinction of being the most popular but least respected of literary genres. While it remains consistently dominant in bookstores and on best-seller lists, it is also widely dismissed by the critical community. Scholars have alleged that romance novels help create...
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Frontmatter -- 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 -- Acknowledgments |
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