At first sight, it is perhaps unclear why popular romance scholars should invest in these two books in the face of other demands on our…
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Dubcon: Fanfiction, Power, and Sexual Consent is a monograph by Milena Popova. This is Popova’s second book, after Sexual Consent, which was published as part…
Comments closedThe literary convention that construes and represents the south of Europe as a reverse signifier to British civilization—a constellation of unique characteristics at the opposite…
Comments closedSwirling fog surrounds the young woman as she makes her way along the threadlike path that leads to the tall iron gates that rise toward…
Comments closedHelen Taylor’s excellent book, Why Women Read Fiction: The Stories of Our Lives, reads as a homage to literature as it recounts her own love…
Comments closedDigital Love is the first comprehensive introduction to the relatively new field of romance in video games. It is a collection of essays contributed by…
Continue readingReview: <em>Digital Love: Romance and Sexuality in Games</em>, ed. by Heidi McDonald
Comments closed For decades popular media sources and scholars alike have opined the death of the romantic comedy genre. However, the new collection of essays on the…
Comments closedGeorgette Heyer, History and Historical Fiction (2021), edited by Samantha J. Rayner and Kim Wilkins, is a varied and pleasant read: the approaches are sometimes…
Comments closedFrom the title to the overall framing of the collection, Teaching Tainted Lit: Popular American Fiction in Today’s Classroom (2015) leans into the contested status…
Comments closedIt’s not often that an academic research project successfully and meaningfully combines literary analysis, creative writing, and sociological research. These two publications – one a…
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