Description |
1 online resource (xv, 240 pages) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Summary |
Romance: The History of a Genre is a collection of essays devoted to the highly popular and no less controversial genre of romance. A genre often disregarded for its stereotypical language, shallow characters, and predictable plots, dismissed as "women's" fiction, accused of conventionalism, romance is a genre which, after ups and downs in its millennial history, is now holding a leading position on the international bookselling market. This achievement has also been possible with the endorse ... |
Subject |
Love in literature -- History and criticism.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Love in literature. (OCoLC)fst01002808
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Other Form: |
Print version: 1443837342 9781443837347 |
ISBN |
1443838357 (electronic bk.) |
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9781443838351 (electronic bk.) |
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