num_pages: 232
description: This study to analyzes romantic fiction's depiction of women as part of the broader history of ideas about women.; Given the success of the Mills &amp; Boon romance, their portrayal of subjects like sex, love, marriage, class, motherhood and femineity are important cultural barometers and make interesting study.; The author shows how all these themes have an historical trajectory and how these novels have come to reflect feminist concerns.; Based on a study of over 1000 Mills &amp; Boon romances the book provides analysis of plot types and shows how these have changed in response to women's own changing position within society.
language: English
title: The Romance Fiction of Mills & Boon, 1909-1990s
titlecomplete: The Romance Fiction of Mills & Boon, 1909-1990s
genres: Literary Criticism, History, Nonfiction, Romance
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Routledge