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100	1		_aRegis, Pamela.
245	1	2	_aA natural history of the romance novel / _cPamela Regis.
260			_aPhiladelphia : _bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, _cc2003.
300			_axiii, 224 p. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-218) and index.
505			_aPreface: 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
650		0	_aLove stories, English _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aLove stories, American _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aPopular literature _zEnglish-speaking countries _xHistory and criticism.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy037/2002045412.html
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