Introduction[1] Teaching popular romance fiction in the university is a sharp reminder of the importance of the syllabus in shaping society-wide notions of literary value.…
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As editor of the Journal of Popular Romance Studies, I’m often tempted to point to this or that event as a turning point in scholarship…
Comments closedAnne Gracie is one of Australia’s most awarded popular historical romance writers and a past president of the Romance Writers of Australia (2006 – 2008).…
Comments closedIf he is not to stifle his human feelings, he must practise kindness towards animals, for he who is cruel to animals becomes hard also…
Comments closedIntroduction: Tending the Bluebeard Tale “We must tend the myths […] only in that way shall we survive.” Janet Frame (2007, 109) The Bluebeard tales…
Comments closedThank God He Met Lizzie (1997) stands out as an extremely rare example of an Australian romantic comedy/drama. Like most romantic comedies, this film is…
Comments closedIn 1915, the Australian poet and journalist C. J. Dennis published a book of verse called The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke. When read in…
Comments closedAn Alluring Beauty The Nellie Stewart bangle was a plain gold bangle worn by many Australian and New Zealand women in the early twentieth century…
Comments closedA couple of years ago I put out a call for papers for a project on the popular culture of romantic love in Australia. The…
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