Tallenna
A Companion to Romance
Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This groundbreaking Companion surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages.
- Considers the literary and historical development of the romance genre from its classical origins to the present day
- Incorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance and of romance’s special relation to women readers
- Comprises 30 essays written by leading authorities on different periods and sub-genres
- Challenges the idea that the appeal of romance is exclusively escapist
- Draws on a wide range of specific and influential literary examples
- Alaotsikko
- From Classical to Contemporary
- Toimittaja
- Corinne Saunders
- ISBN
- 9780631232711
- Kieli
- englanti
- Paino
- 1170 grammaa
- Julkaisupäivä
- 21.9.2004
- Kustantaja
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Sivumäärä
- 584
