A Companion to Romance - From Classical to Contemporary

A Companion to Romance: From Classical to Contemporary

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Corinne Saunders | 2004 | ISBN: 0631232710 | English | 584 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This groundbreaking Companion surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages. Comprising 30 essays written by leading authorities in the field, it considers the historical and literary development of the genre from its classical origins to the present day. The focus is on English literature, although this is placed within the larger context of perceptions of romance. The book incorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance, particularly romance’s special relation to women readers. It challenges the idea that the appeal of romance is exclusively escapist, drawing on a wide range of specific and influential literary examples.