The romance fiction of Mills & Boon, 1909-1990s
By: Jay Dixon.
Publisher: Philadelphia; UCL Press; Routledge
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Mills & Boon (Firm) -- History.; Love stories, English -- History and criticism.; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Women -- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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 & 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 & 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." --Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and indexes.