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Romance

Hardback

Main Details

Title Romance
Authors and Contributors      By (author) B. Fuchs
SeriesThe New Critical Idiom
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreLiterary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780415212601
ClassificationsDewey:809.3
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 9 September 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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: * How does the history of 'romance' as a category force us to rethink the historicization of literary genres? * What definitions can we provide for our own time to help us recognize and analyze new forms of 'romance'? * To what extent is the resistance to romance a resistance to the imaginative force of literature? 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.