A Natural History of the Romance Novel - Tapa dura

"Useful to those interested in the form and integrity of romance fiction, this volume joins such noteworthy examinations of the romance as Tania Modleski's Loving with a Vengeance and Janice Radway's Reading the Romance."-Choice "Regis sets out to analyse the formal features and literary history of this much-maligned genre. . . . A thorough, sensible, and partisan book, arguing for romantic fiction as a genre that celebrates freedom of choice."-Times Literary Supplement "Finally, a true and insightful history of the romance novel. This book establishes the historical legitimacy of an important literary genre."-Jayne Ann Krentz

"Finally, a true and insightful history of the romance novel. This book establishes the historical legitimacy of an important literary genre." --Jayne Ann Krentz "Regis sets out to analyse the formal features and literary history of this much-maligned genre. . . . A Natural History of the Romance Novel is a thorough, sensible, and partisan book, arguing for romantic fiction as a genre that celebrates freedom of choice." --Times Literary Supplement