Jodi McAlister’s New Adult Fiction traces the history of the new adult publishing category since its inception in 2009. This Cambridge Element book provides one…
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Dr. Ashley Reese’s The Rise of American Girls’ Literature contributes to a resurgence in scholarship about girlhood in contemporary realistic fiction texts, like Kate Harper’s…
Comments closedAt first sight, it is perhaps unclear why popular romance scholars should invest in these two books in the face of other demands on our…
Comments closedDubcon: 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 closedA version of this article was presented at Concepts in Popular Genre Fiction, Deakin University, 6 – 8 December 2021 LGBTQIA+ characters (and their quests…
Comments closedSally Rooney’s Normal People (2018) is a refined, touching, and quintessentially current coming-of-age narrative that recounts the romantic encounters of two young people, Marianne and…
Comments closed1. Introduction: Black British Chick Lit? Candice Carty-Williams’s best-selling debut novel Queenie (2019) has been marketed and reviewed as the story of a Black Bridget…
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