03065nam 22007574a 450 991097322220332120250520162615.01-383-03889-91-280-75424-90-19-151436-51-4294-7039-910.1093/oso/9780199249848.001.0001(CKB)1000000000401891(EBL)415730(OCoLC)476244557(SSID)ssj0000239338(PQKBManifestationID)11215727(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239338(PQKBWorkID)10239316(PQKB)11354744(Au-PeEL)EBL415730(CaPaEBR)ebr10271556(CaONFJC)MIL75424(MiAaPQ)EBC415730(OCoLC)1406782366(StDuBDS)9781383038897(OCoLC)70131153(FINmELB)ELB162450(EXLCZ)99100000000040189120060615d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRomance and readership in twentieth century France /Diana Holmes1st ed.London New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (163 p.)Oxford studies in modern European cultureFormerly CIP.UkPreviously issued in print: 2006.0-19-924984-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-151) and index.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.Written by Diana Holmes, this work traces the history of the romance through the turbulent history of 20th century women in France. The book offers an analysis not only of the mass-market or popular romance, but also of the bestselling 'middlebrow' novel, and of 'literary' romances.Oxford studies in modern European culture.French fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismFrench fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismRomance fictionFranceHistory and criticismBooks and readingFranceHistory20th centuryBooks and readingFranceHistory19th centuryFrench fictionHistory and criticism.French fictionHistory and criticism.Romance fictionHistory and criticism.Books and readingHistoryBooks and readingHistory843/.085Holmes Diana1949-791951MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973222203321Romance and readership in twentieth century France4379337UNINA