THE HISTORICAL ROMANCE by Helen Hughes ( 9780415058124 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE HISTORICAL ROMANCE

By:

Helen Hughes

Format:

Hardback

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£130.00

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ISBN 10:

0415058120

ISBN 13:

9780415058124

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

15 July, 1993

Series:

Popular Fictions Series

Pages:

176

Description:

Explores the ways in which romance authors have sought to represent our fantasies of life in the past ever since the first "cloak and dagger" tales of the 1930's. It examines how, with the social upheaval of the war, these cut-and-thrust swashbucklers gave way to the female-oriented romances.

Synopsis:

The Historical Romance explores the ways in which romance authors seek to represent our fantasies of life in the past. Examining how the cut-and-thrust swashbucklers of the 1930s gave way to female-orientated romances, Helen Hughes takes a comprehensive look at how romance authors have dealt with the turbulent question of female independence, and how traditional attitudes towards love, marriage and women's sexuality have been approached in more recent texts. Hughes also charts the ways in which the marketing of romance has developed, with the eventual explosion of the mass market and the blockbusting family sagas of the eighties. The Historical Romance unravels the formulaic and mythical nature of historical romance to provide a fascinating study of this highly popular genre.

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Routledge

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