| Description |
xi, 186 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
New cultural studies
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| Contents |
Introduction / Jayne Ann Krentz -- Setting the stage : facts and figures / Cathie Linz -- Beneath the surface : the hidden codes of romance / Linda Barlow and Jayne Ann Krentz -- The androgynous reader : point of view in the romance / Laura Kinsale -- The androgynous writer : another view of point of view / Linda Barlow -- The romance and the empowerment of women / Susan Elizabeth Phillips -- Sweet subversions / Daphne Clair -- Mad, bad, and dangerous to know : the hero as challenge / Doreen Owens Malek -- Mean, moody, and magnificent : the hero in romance literature / Robyn Donald -- Legends of seductive elegance / Anne Stuart -- Love conquers all : the warrior hero and the affirmation of love / Elizabeth Lowell -- Welcome to the dark side / Mary Jo Putney -- Trying to tame the romance : critics and correctness / Jayne Ann Krentz -- Loved I not honor more : the virginal heroine in romance / Doreen Owens Malek. Making a choice : virginity in the romance / Brittany Young -- By honor bound : the heroine as hero / Penelope Williamson -- Women do / Judith Arnold -- Moments of power / Stella Cameron -- The risk of seduction and the seduction of risk / Sandra Brown -- Happily ever after : the ending as beginning / Suzanne Simmons Guntrum -- Let me tell you about my readers / Diana Palmer -- Judge me by the joy I bring / Kathleen Gilles Seidel |
| Summary |
Essays by Sandra Brown, Jayne Ann Krentz, Mary Jo Putney, and other romance writers refute the myths and biases related to the romance genre and its readers |
| Analysis |
Authors and readers United States |
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Love stories Appreciation |
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Love stories, American History and criticism |
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Sex role in literature |
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Women Books and reading United States |
| Notes |
Includes chapters by New Zealand authors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 181) and index |
| Subject |
Romance fiction, American -- History and criticism
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Women -- Books and reading -- United States
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Authors and readers -- United States
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Romance fiction -- Appreciation
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Sex role in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Romance fiction.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Love stories
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Love stories
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Romance fiction.
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| Author |
Krentz, Jayne Ann
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| LC no. |
92022665 |
| ISBN |
0812214110 |
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9780812214116 |
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0812231929 |
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9780812231922 |
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