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A Companion to Romance : From Classical to Contemporary, Hardback Book

A Companion to Romance : From Classical to Contemporary Hardback

Edited by Corinne Saunders

Part of the Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture series

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Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define.

This groundbreaking Companion surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages. Considers the literary and historical development of the romance genre from its classical origins to the present dayIncorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance and of romance's special relation to women readersComprises 30 essays written by leading authorities on different periods and sub-genresChallenges the idea that the appeal of romance is exclusively escapistDraws on a wide range of specific and influential literary examples

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