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£131.84
Routledge - Historical Romance Fiction: Heterosexuality and Performativity
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Description
Key Features
Provides the first book-length study of romance novels to focus specifically on issues of sexuality instead of gender.
Analyzes a diverse range of literature including Georgette Heyer classics, modern bodice rippers, and works by John Fowles and A.S. Byatt.
Uses speech-act theory and studies of performativity to examine the mechanics of the romance genre.
Identifies "I love you" as the defining speech act within the context of romance fiction.
Offers a new framework for debating the value and appeal of heterosexual romance through critical theory.
Product Specifications
- Brand
- Routledge
- Format
- hardcover
- ASIN
- 0754662020
- Category
- Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
- Domain
- Amazon UK
- Release Date
- 28 March 2008
- Listed Since
- 06 July 2007
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