The historical romance / Helen Hughes
1993, First Edition. London ; New York : Routledge. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #404039
ISBN: 0415058120
Physical description; viii, 165 pages, 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index. Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The structures of historical romance -- chapter 3 The readers of historical romance -- chapter 4 Evolution versus revolution The inevitability of the bourgeois state -- chapter 5 English heritage -- chapter 6 Class, the gospel of work and 'hazard' -- chapter 7 'Brute heroes' and 'spirited heroines' -- chapter 8 History, best-sellers and the media. Subjects; English fiction 20th century History and criticism. Historical fiction, English History and criticism. Romance fiction, English History and criticism. Love stories, English History and criticism. English literature 20th century History and criticism.
Price: €48.00