Introduction Love is central to romance novels. This is hardly a controversial statement. However, many scholars, readers, and authors continuously grapple with the term. For…
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Introduction: The Body in Love Fredrik Backman’s fiction has been lauded for its depictions of the human experience, particularly in relation to love and romance,…
Comments closedCompared to the better-known genre of “boys’ love” manga, the Japanese tradition of yuri romance manga has received limited scholarly attention in the West. Also…
Comments closedIntroduction A one-night stand followed by an unplanned pregnancy is a plot opening that offers portrayals of female sexuality, complications, and a forced relationship that…
Comments closedIntroduction During RomBkPod’s July 2020 interview of Beverly Jenkins, podcaster cohost Danielle Amos got emotional when it was her turn to speak: “This isn’t my…
Comments closedAs Robert Eaglestone says in his chapter in The Routledge Companion to Literature and Trauma, “some critics have argued or even assumed that trauma can…
Comments closed“New Zealand is a country that constantly tells itself who it is. Every single day there are messages and statements to affirm that this is…
Comments closedTakeo (Tak) Tanaka confronts wartime tragedy in Danielle Steel’s Silent Honor. Franklin Roosevelt has issued Executive Order 9066, resulting in the exile and mass incarceration…
Comments closedContraceptives and safer sex practices in popular romance fiction have been a hot topic with a variety of authors, commentators, and scholars commenting on their…
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