In the very first Editor’s Note to issue 1.1 of the Journal of Popular Romance Studies (JPRS), back in 2010, Eric Selinger and Sarah S.…
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In the evolving landscape of literary studies, particularly within the domains of popular romance and historical fiction, two recent edited collections stand out as significant…
Comments closedMichelle Janning’s Love Letters: Saving Romance in the Digital Age is part of the Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology. According to…
Comments closedRomance fiction is a significant part of the global publishing industry. However, its dynamics beyond Anglo-American contexts remain underexplored. Publishing Romance Fiction in the Philippines…
Comments closedTrope n. A named, recognizable plot device or feature that raises expectations about the direction of the plot or character interactions. A tag that references…
Comments closedThis Note reads André Aciman’s Room on the Sea (2025) in light of Gillian Beer’s The Romance (1970), a short treatise on the literary form…
Comments closedIntroduction: Polyamory and Media Representation Polyamory is built on principles of honesty, communication, and mutual agreement (Sheff, 2014). The reality television show “Sister Wives,” which…
Comments closedIntroduction Recent decades have shown a marked rise in the societal, public, and scholarly awareness of trauma, especially in Western culture (see Foulkes and Andrews;…
Comments closedMarian Keyes’ ninth novel, This Charming Man (2008) is a multi-person narrative told from the perspectives of four women, Lola, Alicia, and twins Grace and…
Comments closedContent note: This article discusses sexual violence and abuse in the context of romance novels. In the first book of Amelia Wilde’s Beast of Bishop’s…
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