Fifty Shades of Remix: The Intersecting Pleasures of Commercial and Fan Romances

Morrissey, Katherine

Fifty Shades of Remix: The Intersecting Pleasures of Commercial and Fan Romances

Published February 8, 2014

The commercial success of the Fifty Shades of Grey books has prompted an outpouring of media coverage on the trilogy and its rapid success. Much…

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Charm the Boys, Win the Girls: Power Struggles in Mary Stolz’s Cold War Adolescent Girl Romance Novels

Published October 15, 2012

Here was what she’d been waiting for. Not something—someone. Here, as so often in the daydreams, Douglas Eamons was talking to her. Doug . .…

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Mind, Body, Love: Nora Roberts and the Evolution of Popular Romance Studies

Published October 15, 2012

Introduction These are exciting times for popular romance scholars.[1] Over the last few years a number of interconnected developments—including the founding of the International Association…

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Matricide in Romance Scholarship? Response to Pamela Regis’ Keynote Address at the Second Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance

Published October 12, 2011

See also: “What Do Critics Owe the Romance? Keynote Address at the Second Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance”…

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Pedagogy Report: Embedding Popular Romance Studies in Undergraduate English Units: Teaching Georgette Heyer’s Sylvester

Published March 31, 2011

Introduction This paper outlines one model for introducing popular romance studies to undergraduate English programs: teaching romance texts and topics alongside canonical and contemporary literary…

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