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A Companion to Romance
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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
ISBN
9780631232711
Kieli
englanti
Paino
1170 grammaa
Julkaisupäivä
21.9.2004
Sivumäärä
584