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| − | * '''Author''': [[ | + | * '''Author''': [[Pamela Regis]] |
| − | * '''Publisher''': | + | * '''Publisher''': University Of Pennsylvania Press |
| − | * '''Year''': | + | * '''Year''': 2003 |
| − | * '''Setting''': | + | * '''Setting''': Nonfiction |
| − | * '''Amazon Listing''': | + | * '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812233034/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 A Natural History of the Romance Novel] |
| − | + | Taking the stance that the popular romance novel is a work of literature with a brilliant pedigree, Regis asserts that it is also a very old, stable form, properly defined as a work of prose fiction that tells the story of the courtship and betrothal of one or more heroines. Arguing that the ending in marriage found so objectionable by critics is hardly the sole governing element, Regis brings to the forefront other, more significant narrative components, such as the reform of a corrupt society and the breakdown of the barrier between hero and heroine. She traces the literary history of the romance novel from canonical works such as Richardson's Pamela through Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Brontë's Jane Eyre, Trollope's Framley Parsonage, and Forster's Room with a View, then turns to the twentieth century to examine works such as E. M. Hull's The Sheik and the novels of Georgette Heyer, Mary Stewart, Janet Dailey, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Nora Roberts. Situating each novel in its own time while interpreting it through the critical vocabulary she proposes, Regis specifies how romance conventions change yet retain the essential formal requirements of the genre [http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/1566.htm]. | |
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== Reviews == | == Reviews == | ||
* [Link To Reviews] | * [Link To Reviews] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:35, 24 November 2007
- Author: Pamela Regis
- Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
- Year: 2003
- Setting: Nonfiction
- Amazon Listing: A Natural History of the Romance Novel
Taking the stance that the popular romance novel is a work of literature with a brilliant pedigree, Regis asserts that it is also a very old, stable form, properly defined as a work of prose fiction that tells the story of the courtship and betrothal of one or more heroines. Arguing that the ending in marriage found so objectionable by critics is hardly the sole governing element, Regis brings to the forefront other, more significant narrative components, such as the reform of a corrupt society and the breakdown of the barrier between hero and heroine. She traces the literary history of the romance novel from canonical works such as Richardson's Pamela through Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Brontë's Jane Eyre, Trollope's Framley Parsonage, and Forster's Room with a View, then turns to the twentieth century to examine works such as E. M. Hull's The Sheik and the novels of Georgette Heyer, Mary Stewart, Janet Dailey, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Nora Roberts. Situating each novel in its own time while interpreting it through the critical vocabulary she proposes, Regis specifies how romance conventions change yet retain the essential formal requirements of the genre [1].
Reviews
- [Link To Reviews]
