Research Catalog

Title

Romancing the postmodern / Diane Elam.

Author

Elam, Diane, 1958-

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

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Details

Description

206 pages; 23 cm

Alternative Title

Romancing the post modern.

Subject

• 1800 - 1999
• English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
• Italian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
• Feminist fiction > History and criticism
• Romance fiction > History and criticism
• Postmodernism (Literature)
• Feminism and literature
• Romances > Appreciation
• Women and literature
• Romanticism
• Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique
• Roman italien > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique
• Postmodernisme (Littérature)
• Roman courtois > Appréciation
• Femmes et littérature
• Romantisme
• romanticism (form of expression)
• English fiction
• Feminist fiction
• Italian fiction
• Romance-language fiction
• Postmodernisme
• Romantiek
• Vrouwen
• Letterkunde
• Engels
• English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
• Romances > History and criticism
• Fiction Postmodernism

Genre/Form

• Romance fiction.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction. A preface which should have been a postscript -- 1. P.S. "I love you" : Umberto Eco and the romance of the reader -- 2. Delayed in the post : Walter Scott and the progress of romance -- 3. Romantic letters and postmodern envelopes : Joseph Conrad and the imperialism of historical representation -- 4. Heroines and hero worship : Walter Scott's uncertain women and George Eliot's uncertain romance -- 5. A postscript which should have been a preface : theory's romance.

ISBN

• 0415057329
• 9780415057325
• 041507987X
• 9780415079877

LCCN

91033915

OCLC

• ocm24429315
• 24429315
• SCSB-1955980

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library