LEADER 03130nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910815958403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-93201-4 010 $a0-415-75562-X 010 $a1-134-93202-2 010 $a1-280-05683-5 010 $a0-203-16802-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203168028 035 $a(CKB)1000000000254797 035 $a(EBL)179207 035 $a(OCoLC)252900503 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000280283 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11196244 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280283 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10286390 035 $a(PQKB)10658121 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC179207 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL179207 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10095794 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL5683 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000254797 100 $a19920826d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe historical romance, 1890-1990 /$fHelen Hughes 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1993 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 225 1 $aPopular fictions series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-203-28372-4 311 $a0-415-05812-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aBook 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; Index 330 $aThe Historical Romance explores the ways in which romance authors seek to represent our fantasies of life in the past. Examining how the cut-and-thrust swashbucklers of the 1930's gave way to female-orientated romances, Helen Hughes takes a comprehensive look at how romance authors have dealt with the turbulent question of female independence, and how traditional attitudes towards love, marriage and women's sexuality have been approached in more recent texts. Hughes also charts the ways in which the marketing of romance has developed, with the eventual explosion of the mass market and 410 0$aPopular fiction series. 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHistorical fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLove stories, English$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHistorical fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLove stories, English$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823/.08109/0904 700 $aHughes$b Helen$f1937-$01751665 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815958403321 996 $aThe historical romance, 1890-1990$94186686 997 $aUNINA