TY  - BOOK
AU  - Regis,Pamela
TI  - A natural history of the romance novel
SN  - 0812233032
AV  - PR830. L69R445 2003
U1  - 823/.08509 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Love stories, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Love stories, American
KW  - Popular literature
KW  - English-speaking countries
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy037/2002045412.html
ER  -