1st Edition
Romance Fiction and American Culture Love as the Practice of Freedom?
456 Pages
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Routledge
456 Pages
by
Routledge
456 Pages
by
Routledge
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Since the 1970s, romance novels have surpassed all other genres in terms of popularity in the United States, accounting for half of all mass market paperbacks sold and driving the digital publishing revolution. Romance Fiction and American Culture brings together scholars from the humanities, social sciences, and publishing to explore American romance fiction from the late eighteenth to the early... Read more
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Biography
William A. Gleason is Professor of English at Princeton University, USA, and Eric Murphy Selinger is Professor of English at DePaul University, USA.
"Gleason and Selinger's collection provides useful infomation on various aspects of the romance field and is suitable for those looking for an overview of the field of romance scholarship - the introduction, in particular, provides a concise overview. The ssays, which provide deep insight on individual writers, identity groups, and aspects of the industry, can be selected to accompany other course reasing or enhance research." -- Jessica Van Slooten, Uniersity of Wisconsin, Resources for Gender and Women's Studies: A Feminist Review
