A guide to the most popular--and maligned--fiction genre, this hilariously sarcastic but always affectionate study of romance novels is perfect for hardcore fans and dabblers alike. b&w illustrations throughout.
Romance readers and writers will find this collection of essays by some of the most popular romance novelists writing today unique and fascinating. For the first time, these authors explain why romance is so popular, reveal why they write in this genre, explore the unheralded benefits of reading and writing romances and much more.
Using current narrative theory, Steiner identifies the factors that prompt us to read a picture as a story: multiple episodes, the repetition of a subject across those episodes, the evocation of realist conventions. Steiner then takes up this history at the point where the Renaissance system was breaking down.
"Romance Writing" explores the changing nature of both the romance genre and the discourse of romantic love from the seventeenth century to the present day. Indeed, it is one of the first studies to approach romantic love as both genre and discourse in more than sixty years. Faced with the challenge of writing a cultural history for what is ...
Featuring over 75 fascinating personal profiles of romance writers, this popular reference work also lists every book in every romance series and provides an index of author pseudonyms. Whether you are looking for more books by your favorite author, are interested in learning more about new authors, or simply want to browse through information on ...
This critical analysis of the popular romance novel genre offers an evaluation of the field through the subgenre of the lesbian romance novel. The author describes the history of the lesbian romance novel and analyses both individual works by authors writing in the genre as well as describing the ways in which lesbian romance novels reflect and ...
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