A COMPANION TO ROMANCE by Corinne Saunders (Editor) ( 9781405167277 )

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A COMPANION TO ROMANCE
FROM CLASSICAL TO CONTEMPORARY

By:

Corinne Saunders (Editor)

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1405167270

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JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

8 December, 2006

Series:

Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture

Pages:

584

Description:

Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This groundbreaking Companion surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages.

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Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This groundbreaking Companion surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages. * Considers the literary and historical development of the romance genre from its classical origins to the present day * Incorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance and of romance's special relation to women readers * Comprises 30 essays written by leading authorities on different periods and sub-genres * Challenges the idea that the appeal of romance is exclusively escapist * Draws on a wide range of specific and influential literary examples

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