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Women, Violence and Postmillennial Romance Fiction

By Emma Roche Copyright 2023
140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

This book interrogates the significance of the revival and reformulation of the romance genre in the postmillennial period. Emma Roche examines how six popular novels, published between 2005 and 2015 ( Twilight, Fifty Shades of Grey, Gone Girl, Sharp Objects and The Girl on the Train ), reanimate and modify recognisable tropes from the romance genre to reflect a neoliberal and postfeminist... Read more

Introduction 1. The Twilight of Postfeminism 2. Fifty Shades of Neoliberalis 3. Happily Never After 4. Hell Hath No Fury 5. Conclusion

Biography

Emma Roche completed her doctoral work at Maynooth University, Ireland, in 2021. Her research areas include gender studies and genre studies, with a particular focus on contemporary popular fiction.