Romance has long been associated with a wide range of often exotic locations, but the literature I explore in this article makes the most homely…
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In 1924, Aldous Huxley contributed an article to British Vogue entitled “A History of Some Fashions in Love”, which he opened with the following words:…
Comments closed[End Page 1] This paper investigates two popular historical novels, Marina Fiorato’s The Glassblower of Murano (2008) and Anne Fortier’s Juliet (2010), in order to…
Comments closedThe Romance Hero The hero is one of the main defining elements in the romance novel. Falling in love with him is the story. “The…
Comments closed[End Page 1] Not content to remain in the nineteenth century, Bram Stoker’s Dracula continues to stalk his prey through endless pastiches, parodies, and revisionist…
Comments closed[End Page 1] 1. “Representational theft”: The academic erasure of Chamorro/Chamoru literature Current US literary studies often fail to pay attention to the literatures produced…
Comments closedImagine a pregnant woman. Is she overweight? Does she look like she was too tired to care about the clothes she put on? Is she…
Comments closedRomance fiction explores culturally-specific notions of intimacy. Because it portrays a group’s conventions about love and amorousness, it can provide outsiders glimpses of norms and…
Comments closedIntroduction The popular romance is a pervasive and ubiquitous part of popular culture (Roach 2), which has been critically and rigorously analysed by a wide…
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