Cover Image

The Routledge research companion to popular romance fiction /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kamble, Jayashree, 1977- (Editor), Selinger, Eric Murphy (Editor), Teo, Hsu-Ming, 1970- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Subjects:
Romance fiction > History and criticism.
Romance-language fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • PART I. NATIONAL TRADITIONS. 1. History of English romance novels, 1621-1975
  • 2. The evolution of the American romance novel
  • 3. Australian romance fiction
  • PART II. SUB-GENRES. 4. Gothic romance
  • 5. The historical romance
  • 6. Paranormal romance and urban fantasy
  • 7. Young adult romance
  • 8. Inspirational romance
  • 9. Erotic romance
  • 10. African American romance
  • 11. Explorations of the "desert passion industry"
  • PART III. METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES. 12. Romance in the media
  • 13. Literary approaches
  • 14. Author studies and popular romance fiction
  • 15. Social science reads romance
  • 16. Publishing the romance novel
  • 17. Libraries and popular romance fiction
  • PART IV. THEMES. 18. Class and wealth in popular romance fiction
  • 19. Sex and sexuality
  • 20. Gender and sexuality
  • 21. Love and romance novels
  • 22. Romance and/as religion
  • 24. Race, ethnicity, and whiteness
  • 24. In response to Harlequin: global legacy, local agency
  • Index.