The historical romance
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
The Historical Romance explores the ways in which romance authors seek to represent our fantasies of life in the past. Examining how the cut-and-thrust swashbucklers of the 1930's gave way to female-orientated romances, Helen Hughes takes a comprehensive look at how romance authors have dealt with the turbulent question of female independence, and how traditional attitudes towards love, marriage and women's sexuality have been approached in more recent texts. Hughes also charts the ways in which the marketing of romance has developed, with the eventual explosion of the mass market and
כותר |
The historical romance / Helen Hughes. |
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מהדורה |
1st ed. |
מוציא לאור |
London New York : Routledge |
שנה |
1993 |
הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Book Cover Half-Title Title Copyright Contents Series editors' preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The structures of historical romance Chapter 3 The readers of historical romance Chapter 4 Evolution versus revolution The inevitability of the bourgeois state Chapter 5 English heritage Chapter 6 Class, the gospel of work and 'hazard' Chapter 7 'Brute heroes' and 'spirited heroines' Chapter 8 History, best-sellers and the media Notes Bibliography Index |
סדרה |
Popular fictions series |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (173 p.) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997010708159705171 |
תצוגת MARC
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