The Progress of romance
Subtitle: the politics of popular fiction
By: edited by Jean Radford.
Contributors: Radford, Jean.
Series: History workshop series
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Published: 1986
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Love stories, English -- History and criticism.; Popular literature -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism.; Women -- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries.; Feminism and literature -- English-speaking countries.; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries.; Love stories, American -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Jean Radford; title: The Greek romance / Margaret Williamson; title: The politics of seduction in English popular culture, 1748-1848 / Anna Clark; title: How green was my valley / Derrick Price; title: An inverted romance / Jean Radford; title: Gone with the wind / Helen Taylor; title: Writing fictions / Alison Light; title: Family romances / Christine Bridgwood; title: Mills & Boon meets feminism / Ann Rosalind Jones; title: Write, she said / Michele Roberts.