Romantic Fiction of Mills & Boon, 1909-1995

Zusammenfassung Analyzes romantic fiction and its depiction of women within its historical context and as part of the history of ideas about women. This volume discusses such areas as: early years - class and wealth; and the twenties - sex and violence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Mills & Boon have a happy knack of discovering the popular author; Chapter 1 A Short History of Mills & Boon – A very profitable small firm; Chapter 2 Reader, Author, Editor – Many hours of pleasant reading; Chapter 3 1910s – Society and Exotic, City and Country; Chapter 4 Hero – You brought me to life; Chapter 5 Heroine – Mirror Image; Chapter 6 War and Aftermath – You give me redemption; Chapter 7 Work – The smothering of the creative spark … could he a sort of murder; Chapter 8 Sex – We got all the damned foreplay over with months ago; Chapter 9 Love and Marriage – Harbour of desire; Chapter 10 Feminism – I’m not a feminist, but …;

Product details

• Authors: Jay Dixon, Jay Jay Dixon. Dixon, Dixon Jay, Jay Dixon, Jay Dixon., Jay Dixon., Jay Jay Dixon. Dixon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2020
• EAN: 9781138172777
• ISBN: 978-1-138-17277-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Women's and Gender History; Women's and Gender History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, REFERENCE / General, ART / History / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Encyclopaedias and reference works, Encyclopaedias & Reference Works