Dangerous men & adventurous women :  romance writers on the appeal of the romance / 
edited by Jayne Ann Krentz. 
 - Philadelphia :  University of Pennsylvania Press,  ©1992. 
 - xi, 186 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - New cultural studies .
 - New cultural studies. .
<br/><br/> Includes chapters by New Zealand authors. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (page 181) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction /  Setting the stage : facts and figures /  Beneath the surface : the hidden codes of romance /  The androgynous reader : point of view in the romance /  The androgynous writer : another view of point of view /  The romance and the empowerment of women /  Sweet subversions /  Mad, bad, and dangerous to know : the hero as challenge /  Mean, moody, and magnificent : the hero in romance literature /  Legends of seductive elegance /  Love conquers all : the warrior hero and the affirmation of love /  Welcome to the dark side /  Trying to tame the romance : critics and correctness /  Loved I not honor more : the virginal heroine in romance /  Making a choice : virginity in the romance /  By honor bound : the heroine as hero /  Women do /  Moments of power /  The risk of seduction and the seduction of risk /  Happily ever after : the ending as beginning /  Let me tell you about my readers /  Judge me by the joy I bring /  Jayne Ann Krentz --  Cathie Linz --  Linda Barlow and Jayne Ann Krentz --  Laura Kinsale --  Linda Barlow --  Susan Elizabeth Phillips --  Daphne Clair --  Doreen Owens Malek --  Robyn Donald --  Anne Stuart --  Elizabeth Lowell --  Mary Jo Putney --  Jayne Ann Krentz --  Doreen Owens Malek.  Brittany Young --  Penelope Williamson --  Judith Arnold --  Stella Cameron --  Sandra Brown --  Suzanne Simmons Guntrum --  Diana Palmer --  Kathleen Gilles Seidel. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0812214110 9780812214116 0812231929 9780812231922 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>92022665  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>009786320  Uk 012663034  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Romance fiction, American--History and criticism.<br/>Women--Books and reading--United States.<br/>Authors and readers--United States.<br/>Romance fiction--Appreciation.<br/>Sex role in literature.<br/>Authors and readers.<br/>Romance fiction, American.<br/>Sex role in literature.<br/>Women--Books and reading.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Authors and readers  United States Love stories  Appreciation Love stories, American  History and criticism Sex role in literature Women  Books and reading  United States 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Romance fiction.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Love stories--Appreciation. <br/>Love stories--History and criticism. <br/>Romance fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS374.L6  / D3 1992 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.08509