Title: Dangerous Men & Adventurous Women
First published: December 19, 1992
Description: This is what the paperback version on Amazon says about the book: In Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women, Jayne Ann Krentz and the contributors to this volume—all best-selling romance writers—explode myths and biases
that haunt both the writers and readers of romances.
In this seamless, ultimately fascinating, and controversial book, the authors dispute some of the notions that plague their profession, including the time-worn
theory that the romance genre contains only one single, monolithic story, which is cranked out over and over again. The authors discuss positive life-affirming
values inherent in all romances: the celebration of female power, courage, intelligence, and gentleness; the inversion of the power structure of a patriarchal
society; and the integration of male and female. Several of the essays also discuss the issue of reader identification with the characters, a relationship
that is far more complex than most critics realize.
Subjects: Authors and readers, History and criticism, Sex role in literature, Books and reading, Appreciation, American Love stories, Love stories, Women