03097oam 2200661I 450 991078407800332120230616233428.01-134-93201-40-415-75562-X1-134-93202-21-280-05683-50-203-16802-X10.4324/9780203168028(CKB)1000000000254797(EBL)179207(OCoLC)252900503(SSID)ssj0000280283(PQKBManifestationID)11196244(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280283(PQKBWorkID)10286390(PQKB)10658121(MiAaPQ)EBC179207(Au-PeEL)EBL179207(CaPaEBR)ebr10095794(CaONFJC)MIL5683(EXLCZ)99100000000025479720180331d1993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe historical romance /Helen HughesLondon ;New York :Routledge,1993.1 online resource (173 p.)Popular fictions seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-28372-4 0-415-05812-0 Includes bibliographical references.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; IndexThe 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 andPopular fiction series.English fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismHistorical fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismRomance fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismEnglish fictionHistory and criticism.Historical fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.Romance fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.823/.08109/0904Hughes Helen1937,1569392MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784078003321The historical romance3842304UNINA