Readers of popular romance fiction are well aware of the history and legacy of the virgin as a common character in the genre. Titles of…
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Romance has long been associated with a wide range of often exotic locations, but the literature I explore in this article makes the most homely…
Comments closed[End Page 1] The field of Critical Love Studies is a vigorous and burgeoning one, drawing from multiple disciplines, with or without a feminist point…
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 closed[End Page 1] Introduction In this article, I investigate romantic love in American film as a site for experiencing a divine presence in the immanent…
Comments closedIntroduction[1] Teaching popular romance fiction in the university is a sharp reminder of the importance of the syllabus in shaping society-wide notions of literary value.…
Comments closedWelcome to the age of “un-innocence.” No one has breakfast at Tiffany’s, and no one has affairs to remember. Instead, we have breakfast at 7:00…
Comments closedFive years ago, a letter to the editor of the Romance Writers Report (a monthly publication issued by the Romance Writers of America), suggested that…
Comments closedHere 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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