Bryan and David sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G First comes love, then comes inability to marry Then comes a stranger and an invasive medical procedure…
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Piratical Pleasures: Female Dominance and Children’s Literature as Romance in ABC’s Once Upon a Time
In an early episode of ABC’s Once Upon a Time,[2] Snow White, Cinderella, and Red Riding Hood walk into a bar. Red is on the…
Comments closed‘…the vampire is a queer figure because it is disruptive; the vampire breaks down categories, transgresses boundaries, and upsets the very premises upon which systems…
Comments closedUntamed by Anna Cowan was one of the most keenly anticipated and polarising historical romances of 2013. A debut novel from an Australian author, it…
Comments closedThey had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their…
Comments closedIn 1997, Kay Mussell called upon scholars of popular romance “to incorporate analysis of lesbian and gay romances into our mostly heterosexual models” (12). Today,…
Comments closedSexuality and the erotic play central roles within the realm of the romance novel. As evidenced by recent contemporary criticism from some media outlets, the…
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Comments closedPublished in Routledge’s ‘Ontological Explorations’ series, it is my guess that for most readers of this journal – as for myself – Lena Gunnarsson’s book…
Comments closedBest known for its romantic melodramas and ubiquitous song-and-dance sequences, Bollywood is the largest of India’s culture industries. This prolific Hindi-language commercial film industry based…
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