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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458076903321

Autore

Holmes Diana <1949->

Titolo

Romance and readership in twentieth century France [[electronic resource] /] / Diana Holmes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-75424-9

0-19-151436-5

1-4294-7039-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in modern European culture

Disciplina

843/.085

Soggetti

French fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

French fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Romance fiction - France - History and criticism

Books and reading - France - History - 20th century

Books and reading - France - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-151) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A feminine genre, romance and women -- Passion, piety, and the new woman: romantic fiction at the Belle Epoque -- Reaction and resistance, romance in the 1930's and under the Occupation -- Love in a brave new world, romance in the 1950's -- Romance after feminism -- Love in a postmodern age, contemporary romance in France.

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces the history of the romance through the turbulent history of twentieth-century women in France. It offers a compelling analysis not only of the mass-market or popular romance, but also of the bestselling 'middlebrow' novel, and of 'literary' romances by authors including Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, and their contemporary successors. - ;Romance in modern times is the most widely read yet the most critically despised of genres. Associated almost entirely with women, as readers and as writers, its popularity has been argued by gender traditionalists to confirm women's innate sent