RomanceRoutledge, 9 sep 2004 - 158 pagina's Often derided as an inferior form of literature, 'romance' as a literary mode or genre defies satisfactory definition, dividing critics, scholars and readers alike. This useful guidebook traces the myriad transformations of 'romance' from medieval courtly love to Mills and Boon, and claims that its elusive and complex nature serves as a touchstone for larger questions of literary and cultural theory, such as:
The case for 'romance' as a concept is presented clearly and imaginatively, arguing that its usefulness to contemporary critics can be maintained if it is regarded as a literary strategy rather than a fixed genre. In encouraging the reader to consider the fluidity of literature, Romance will be of equal value to all students of historical and comparative literatures and of modern literary forms. |
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... sequels Romance in the New World Mad for chivalry Literary hierarchies and the Shakespearean fallacy 33 37 39 42 5o 55 57 4 Post-Renaissance Transformations Pastoral retreat, heroic excess, passionate pleasure Romance Table of Contents.
Barbara Fuchs. 4 Post-Renaissance Transformations Pastoral retreat, heroic excess, passionate pleasure Romance versus novel Romancing the Gothic Gothic as genre Romance and Romanticism Romance and “genre literature" FURTHER READING ...
... pleasure the criticthinks readers would be better offwithout. Margaret Doody, The True Story ofthe Novel, 15 Romance is a notoriously slippery category. Critics disagree about Whether it is a genre or a mode, about its origins and ...
... a broad popular appeal? To what extent is the resistance to romance a resistance to the imaginative force of literature, or to readerly pleasure? DEFINITIONS The definition of romance in the Oxfim' English Dictionaiy INTRODUCTION.
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2 Medieval Romance | 37 |
3 Romance in the Renaissance | 66 |
4 PostRenaissance Transformations | 99 |
FURTHER READING | 131 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 133 |
INDEX | 142 |