For love and money : the literary art of the Harlequin Mills & Boon romance / / Laura Vivanco

• Autore: Vivanco Laura
• Pubblicazione: Tirril [England] ; ; Penrith, Calif., : Humanities - Ebooks.co.uk, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 808.8385
• Soggetto topico: Popular literature - History and criticism; Fiction - History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Licence and Use""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1. Mimetic Modes""; ""Myth""; ""The Romance Mode""; ""The High-Mimetic Mode""; ""The Low-Mimetic Mode""; ""The Ironic Mode""; ""Determining Mode""; ""Realism: Settings and Details""; ""Realism and the Happy Ending""; ""Realism: Issues""; ""Variations Within a Single Mode""; ""Modal Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 2. Mythoi""; ""Mythoi and Modes""; ""High Mimetic""; ""Low Mimetic""; ""Ironic""; ""Adapting Mythoi""; ""Chapter 3. Metafiction"" ; ""Defending Romance and its Readers""""Claiming Kinship with Classics""; ""Romance as Part of Popular Culture""; ""Chapter 4. Metaphors""; ""Building a Relationship""; ""The Flowering of Romance""; ""Woman as Garden""; ""Woman as Flower""; ""The Hunt of Love""; ""Love is a Journey: Marion Lennoxâ€?s Princess of Convenience (2005)""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Harlequin Mills & Boon Romances""; ""Other Texts Cited""; ""A Note on the Author""; ""Humanities-Ebooks""
• Sommario/riassunto: Laura Vivanco's study challenges the idea that Harlequin Mills & Boon romances are merely mass-produced commodities, churned out in accordance with a strict and unchanging formula. She argues that many are well-written, skilfully crafted works, and that some are small masterpieces. For Love and Money demonstrates the variety that exists beneath the covers of Harlequin Mills & Boon romances. They range from paranormal romances to novels resembling chick lit, and many have addressed serious issues, including the plight of post-Second World War refugees, threats to marine mammals, and HIV/AIDS. The genre draws inspiration from Shakespearean comedies and Austen's novels, as well as from other forms of popular culture. "Laura Vivanco's For Love and Money is an impressive study of the popular fiction of Harlequin Mills and Boon that is a must read for any student of popular fiction and for those who write and love the genre" - Liz Fielding, author of over 50 Harlequin Mills & Boon romances.
• Titolo autorizzato: For love and money
• ISBN: 9786613654342; 9781280677410; 1280677414; 9781847601957; 1847601952
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910956140103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II