The historical romance /
Hughes, Helen, 1937-
The historical romance / Helen Hughes. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1993. - 1 online resource (viii, 165 pages) - Popular fictions series . - Popular fiction series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index.
Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The structures of historical romance -- chapter 3 The readers of historical romance -- chapter 4 Evolution versus revolution The inevitability of the bourgeois state -- chapter 5 English heritage -- chapter 6 Class, the gospel of work and 'hazard' -- chapter 7 'Brute heroes' and 'spirited heroines' -- chapter 8 History, best-sellers and the media.
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.
020316802X (electronic bk.) 9780203168028 (electronic bk.) 9780415058124 0415058120 9786610056835 6610056838 (Cloth)
1900-1999
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Historical fiction, English--History and criticism.
Romance fiction, English--History and criticism.
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
Historical fiction, English.
Romance fiction, English.
English fiction Historical fiction
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR888.H5 / H84 1993eb
823/.08109/0904
The historical romance / Helen Hughes. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1993. - 1 online resource (viii, 165 pages) - Popular fictions series . - Popular fiction series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index.
Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The structures of historical romance -- chapter 3 The readers of historical romance -- chapter 4 Evolution versus revolution The inevitability of the bourgeois state -- chapter 5 English heritage -- chapter 6 Class, the gospel of work and 'hazard' -- chapter 7 'Brute heroes' and 'spirited heroines' -- chapter 8 History, best-sellers and the media.
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.
020316802X (electronic bk.) 9780203168028 (electronic bk.) 9780415058124 0415058120 9786610056835 6610056838 (Cloth)
1900-1999
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Historical fiction, English--History and criticism.
Romance fiction, English--History and criticism.
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
Historical fiction, English.
Romance fiction, English.
English fiction Historical fiction
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR888.H5 / H84 1993eb
823/.08109/0904