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A natural history of the romance novel / / Pamela Regis



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Autore: Regis Pamela Visualizza persona
Titolo: A natural history of the romance novel / / Pamela Regis Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]
©2003
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages)
Disciplina: 823/.08509
Soggetto topico: Popular literature - English-speaking countries - History and criticism
FICTION
Romance / Historical / General
Soggetto non controllato: Cultural Studies
Literature
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-218) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: The Most Popular, Least Respected Literary Genre -- Part I. Critics And The Romance Novel -- 1 The Romance Novel And Women'S Bondage -- 2 In Defense Of The Romance Novel -- Part II. The Romance Novel Defined -- 3 The Definition -- 4 The Definition Expanded -- 5 The Genre'S Limits -- Part III. The Romance Novel, 1740-1908 -- 6 Writing The Romance Novel'S History -- 7. The First Best Seller: Pamela, 1740 -- 8 The Best Romance Novel Ever Written: Pride And Prejudice, 1813 -- 9 Freedom And Rochester: Jane Eyre, 1847 -- 10 The Romance Form In The Victorian Multiplot Novel: Framley Parsonage, 1861 -- 11 The Ideal Romance Novel: A Room With A View, 1908 -- Part IV. The Twentieth-Century Romance Novel -- 12 The Popular Romance Novel In The Twentieth Century -- 13 Civil Contracts: Georgette Heyer -- 14 Courtship And Suspense: Mary Stewart -- 15 Harlequin, Silhouette, And The Americanization Of The Popular Romance Novel: Janet Dailey -- 16 Dangerous Men: Jayne Ann Krentz -- 17 One Man, One Woman: Nora Roberts -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Sommario/riassunto: The romance novel has the strange distinction of being the most popular but least respected of literary genres. While it remains consistently dominant in bookstores and on best-seller lists, it is also widely dismissed by the critical community. Scholars have alleged that romance novels help create subservient readers, who are largely women, by confining heroines to stories that ignore issues other than love and marriage.Pamela Regis argues that such critical studies fail to take into consideration the personal choice of readers, offer any true definition of the romance novel, or discuss the nature and scope of the genre. Presenting the counterclaim that the romance novel does not enslave women but, on the contrary, is about celebrating freedom and joy, Regis offers a definition that provides critics with an expanded vocabulary for discussing a genre that is both classic and contemporary, sexy and entertaining.Taking the stance that the popular romance novel is a work of literature with a brilliant pedigree, Regis asserts that it is also a very old, stable form. She traces the literary history of the romance novel from canonical works such as Richardson's Pamela through Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Brontë's Jane Eyre, and E. M. Hull's The Sheik, and then turns to more contemporary works such as the novels of Georgette Heyer, Mary Stewart, Janet Dailey, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Nora Roberts.
Titolo autorizzato: A natural history of the romance novel  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-21194-7
9786613211941
0-8122-0310-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818453503321
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