The historical romance

Author(s)

• Hughes, Helen

Bibliographic Information

The historical romance

Helen Hughes

（Popular fiction series）

Routledge, 2014, c1993

• : pbk

Note

Originally published in hardback, 1993

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-160) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 the blockbusting family sagas of the eighties. The Historical Romance unravels the formulaic and mythical nature of historical romance to provide a fascinating study of this highly popular genre.

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Details

• NCID: BB31668732
• ISBN:
  • 9780415755627
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Abingdon
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 165 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 823.08109
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Love stories, English -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Women in literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01345271