A natural history of the romance novel / Pamela Regis.
Publication details: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2003. Description: xiii, 224 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0812233032; 0812233034 (acidfree paper)Subject(s): Love stories, English -- History and criticism | Love stories, American -- History and criticism | Popular literature -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticismDDC classification: 823/.08509 LOC classification: PR830. | L69R445 2003Online resources: Table of contents| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-218) and index.
Preface: The Most Popular, Least Respected Literary Genre xi PART I. CRITICS AND THE ROMANCE NOVEL 1. The Romance Novel and Women's Bondage 3 2. In Defense of the Romance Novel 9 PART II. THE ROMANCE NOVEL DEFINED 3. The Definition 19 4. The Definition Expanded 27 5. The Genre's Limits 47 PART III. THE ROMANCE NOVEL, I740-1908 6. Writing the Romance Novel's History 53 7. The First Best Seller: Pamela, 1740 63 8. The Best Romance Novel Ever Written: Pride and Prejudice, 1813 75 9. Freedom and Rochester: Jane Eyre, 1847 85 10. The Romance Form in the Victorian Multiplot Novel: Framley Parsonage, 1861 93 11. The Ideal Romance Novel: A Room with a View, 1908' 99 PART IV. THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY ROMANCE NOVEL 12. The Popular Romance Novel in the Twentieth Century 107 13. Civil Contracts: Georgette Heyer 125 14. Courtship and Suspense: Mary Stewart 143 15. Harlequin, Silhouette, and the Americanization of the Popular Romance Novel: Janet Dailey 155 16. Dangerous Men: Jayne Ann Krentz 169 17. One Man, One Woman: Nora Roberts 183 Conclusion 205