Untertitel:: From Classical to Contemporary
Verlag:: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Erschienen:: 15.04.2008
Seitenanzahl:: 584
EAN:: 9780470999165
Sprache:: Englisch
Format:: PDF
Schutz:: Adobe-DRM
Downloadzeit:: Maximaler Downloadzeitraum: 24 Monate

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A Companion to Romance

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