The historical romance, 1890-1990 / / Helen Hughes

• Autore: Hughes Helen <1937->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 p.)
• Disciplina: 823/.08109/0904
• Soggetto topico: English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Historical fiction, English - History and criticism; Love stories, English - History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The historical romance, 1890-1990
• ISBN: 1-134-93201-4; 0-415-75562-X; 1-134-93202-2; 1-280-05683-5; 0-203-16802-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815958403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Popular fiction series.