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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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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