Dangerous men & adventurous women : romance writers on the appeal of the romance / edited by Jayne Ann Krentz.
Series: New cultural studiesPublication details: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1992.Description: xi, 186 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0812214110
- 9780812214116
- 0812231929
- 9780812231922
- Romance fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Women -- Books and reading -- United States
- Authors and readers -- United States
- Romance fiction -- Appreciation
- Sex role in literature
- Authors and readers
- Romance fiction, American
- Sex role in literature
- Women -- Books and reading
- United States
- Authors and readers United States
- Love stories Appreciation
- Love stories, American History and criticism
- Sex role in literature
- Women Books and reading United States
- 813/.08509 20
- PS374.L6 D3 1992
- 813.08509
- 18.06
- 7,26
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Books | Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) | PS 374 .L6 D3 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 18143 |
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Includes chapters by New Zealand authors.
Includes bibliographical references (page 181) and index.
Introduction / Jayne Ann Krentz -- Setting the stage : facts and figures / Cathie Linz -- Beneath the surface : the hidden codes of romance / Linda Barlow and Jayne Ann Krentz -- The androgynous reader : point of view in the romance / Laura Kinsale -- The androgynous writer : another view of point of view / Linda Barlow -- The romance and the empowerment of women / Susan Elizabeth Phillips -- Sweet subversions / Daphne Clair -- Mad, bad, and dangerous to know : the hero as challenge / Doreen Owens Malek -- Mean, moody, and magnificent : the hero in romance literature / Robyn Donald -- Legends of seductive elegance / Anne Stuart -- Love conquers all : the warrior hero and the affirmation of love / Elizabeth Lowell -- Welcome to the dark side / Mary Jo Putney -- Trying to tame the romance : critics and correctness / Jayne Ann Krentz -- Loved I not honor more : the virginal heroine in romance / Doreen Owens Malek. Making a choice : virginity in the romance / Brittany Young -- By honor bound : the heroine as hero / Penelope Williamson -- Women do / Judith Arnold -- Moments of power / Stella Cameron -- The risk of seduction and the seduction of risk / Sandra Brown -- Happily ever after : the ending as beginning / Suzanne Simmons Guntrum -- Let me tell you about my readers / Diana Palmer -- Judge me by the joy I bring / Kathleen Gilles Seidel.
Essays by Sandra Brown, Jayne Ann Krentz, Mary Jo Putney, and other romance writers refute the myths and biases related to the romance genre and its readers.
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