Title: The romance fiction of Mills & Boon, 1909-1990s
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: Books and reading, English Love stories, English fiction, History, History and criticism, Literature publishing, Love stories, English, Mills & Boon (Firm), Women, Romanticism, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, English Romance fiction, Roman anglais, Histoire et critique
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PR888.L69 D59 1999