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Title

New approaches to popular romance fiction : critical essays / edited by Sarah S.G. Frantz and Eric Murphy Selinger.

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2012.

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Additional Authors

• Frantz, Sarah S. G.
• Selinger, Eric Murphy.

Description

viii, 267 p.; 26 cm.

Summary

"These eighteen essays investigate individual romance novels, authors, and websites, rethink the genre's history, and explore its interplay of convention and originality. By offering new twists in enduring debates, this collection inspires further inquiry into the emerging field of popular romance studies"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

Romance fiction, American > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-255) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : new approaches to popular romance fiction / Eric Murphy Selinger and Sarah S.G. Frantz -- "Bertrice teaches you about history, and you don't even mind!" History and revisionist historiography in Bertrice Small's The kadin / Hsu-Ming Teo -- How to read a romance novel (and fall in love with popular romance) / Eric Murphy Selinger -- "How we love is our soul" : Joey W. Hill's BDSM romance Holding the cards / Sarah S.G. Frantz -- On popular romance, J.R. Ward, and the limits of genre study / Mary Bly -- Loving by the book : voice and romance authorship / An Goris -- The "managing female" in the novels of Georgette Heyer / K. Elizabeth Spillman -- One ring to bind them : ring symbolism in popular romance fiction / Laura Vivanco -- The more the merrier? Transformations fo the love triangle across the romance / Carole Veldman-Genz -- "Why would any woman want to read such stories?" The distinctions between genre romances and slash fiction / Deborah Kaplan -- Borderlands of desire : captivity, romance, and the revolutionary power of love / Robin Harders -- Patriotism, passion, and PTSD : the critique of war in popular romance fiction / Jayashree Kamble -- Straight to the edges : gay and lesbian characters and cultural conflict in popular romance fiction / Kathleen Therrien -- "You call me a bitch like that's a bad thing" : romance criticism and redefining the word "bitch" / Sarah Wendell -- The interactive romance community : the case of "Covers gone wild" / Miriam Greenfeld-Benovitz -- Happy readers or sad ones? Romance fiction and the problems of the media effects model / Glen Thomas -- "A consummation devoutly to be wished" : Shakespeare in popular historical romance fiction / Tamara Whyte -- The power of three : Nora Roberts and serial magic / Christina A. Valeo.

ISBN

• 9780786441907 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786441909 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012004555

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library