This study compares a contemporary historical romance novel series published between 2001 and 2004 by Karen Marie Moning with an older historical romance novel series published between 1980 and 1994 by Joanna Lindsay, in order to assess changing values regarding idealized romantic relationships between men and women. To determine these changing values, the plot progression, exposition, internal and external dialogue, and characterization of the male and female protagonists in each novel was individually analyzed in order to make inferences about the relationship between the male and female protagonists. The individual results were then compared with the other novels within their respective series to assess for continuity. Finally, the older...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-80).This thesis will consider the ways in which female...
The continued popularity of series romances, read privately for pleasure, poses a problem for those ...
In 1942, Maureen Daly published Seventeenth Summer, the wellspring text for a new genre of American ...
Romance novels have changed significantly since they first entered the public consciousness. Instead...
This paper was conducted to explore romance-themed novels that influence relationship satisfaction. ...
Despite the tremendous success of romance novels in literature markets, the romance genre has been l...
This analysis gauges gender difference in time spent reading romance novels and sexuality. Responden...
This analysis gauges gender difference in time spent reading romance novels and sexuality. Responden...
Much critical attention has focused in recent years on the female Bildungsroman, yet a clear definit...
Despite its huge mass-market appeal, the romance genre continues to be the most maligned of the pulp...
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. December 2008. Major: English. Advisor: Dr. Timothy Bren...
Hemingway\u27s fictional women remain misunderstood and misjudged by many critics. One reason is tha...
Romance novels are often criticized by feminists and critics for promoting traditional, patriarchal ...
Feminists have articulated a critique of women's socialization in a culture of romance which suggest...
This Masters thesis aims to study the reading habits of readers of romantic fiction, especially foc...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-80).This thesis will consider the ways in which female...
The continued popularity of series romances, read privately for pleasure, poses a problem for those ...
In 1942, Maureen Daly published Seventeenth Summer, the wellspring text for a new genre of American ...
Romance novels have changed significantly since they first entered the public consciousness. Instead...
This paper was conducted to explore romance-themed novels that influence relationship satisfaction. ...
Despite the tremendous success of romance novels in literature markets, the romance genre has been l...
This analysis gauges gender difference in time spent reading romance novels and sexuality. Responden...
This analysis gauges gender difference in time spent reading romance novels and sexuality. Responden...
Much critical attention has focused in recent years on the female Bildungsroman, yet a clear definit...
Despite its huge mass-market appeal, the romance genre continues to be the most maligned of the pulp...
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. December 2008. Major: English. Advisor: Dr. Timothy Bren...
Hemingway\u27s fictional women remain misunderstood and misjudged by many critics. One reason is tha...
Romance novels are often criticized by feminists and critics for promoting traditional, patriarchal ...
Feminists have articulated a critique of women's socialization in a culture of romance which suggest...
This Masters thesis aims to study the reading habits of readers of romantic fiction, especially foc...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-80).This thesis will consider the ways in which female...
The continued popularity of series romances, read privately for pleasure, poses a problem for those ...
In 1942, Maureen Daly published Seventeenth Summer, the wellspring text for a new genre of American ...