{"product_id":"a-companion-to-romance-9781405167277","title":"A Companion to Romance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRomance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the literary and historical development of the romance genre from its classical origins to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance and of romance's special relation to women readers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprises 30 essays written by leading authorities on different periods and sub-genres\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges the idea that the appeal of romance is exclusively escapist\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on a wide range of specific and influential literary examples\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Acknowledging the difficulty of defining \"romance,\" Saunders and the contributors collectively produce a volume that offers a more comprehensive survey of the literature--including its historical, national, and generic varieties--than have previous standard works on the subject…Some of the essays--e.g., Helen Cooper's \"Malory and the Early Prose Romances\" and Richard Cronin's \"Victorian Romance: Medievalism\"--are exemplary in the quality of their writing, scholarship, and critical perception…Highly recommended.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... It would be worth acquiring for an academic humanities collection and, from my own experience, would be particulary useful for English literature students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReference Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Ancient Romance 10\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Archibald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Insular Beginnings: Anglo-Norman Romance 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Popular English Metrical Romances 45\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDerek Brewer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Arthurian Romance 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eW. R. J. Barron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Chaucer’s Romances 85\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCorinne Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Malory and the Early Prose Romances 104\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Gendering Prose Romance in Renaissance England 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLori Humphrey Newcomb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Sidney and Spenser 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Shakespeare’s Romances 160\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Fuller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Chapbooks and Penny Histories 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Simons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Faerie Queene and Eighteenth-century Spenserianism 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Fairer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. ‘‘Gothic’’ Romance: Its Origins and Cultural Functions 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJerrold E. Hogle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Women’s Gothic Romance: Writers, Readers, and the Pleasures of the Form 233\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLisa Vargo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Paradise and Cotton-mill: Rereading Eighteenth-century Romance 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClive Probyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. ‘‘Inconsistent Rhapsodies’’: Samuel Richardson and the Politics of Romance 269\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFiona Price\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Romance and the Romantic Novel: Sir Walter Scott 287\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFiona Robertson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Poetry of the Romantic Period: Coleridge and Keats 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael O’Neill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Victorian Romance: Tennyson 321\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeonée Ormond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Victorian Romance: Medievalism 341\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Cronin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Romance and Victorian Autobiography: Margaret Oliphant, Edmund Gosse, and John Ruskin’s ‘‘needle to the north’’ 360\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancis O’Gorman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Victorian Romance: Romance and Mystery 375\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Sanders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Nineteenth-century Adventure and Fantasy: James Morier, George Meredith, Lewis Carroll, and Robert Louis Stevenson 389\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Fraser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Into the Twentieth Century: Imperial Romance from Haggard to Buchan 406\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. America and Romance 424\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUlrika Maude\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Myth, Legend, and Romance in Yeats, Pound, and Eliot 438\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Larrissy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Twentieth-century Arthurian Romance 454\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaymond H. Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Romance in Fantasy Through the Twentieth Century 472\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Mathews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Quest Romance in Science Fiction 488\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathryn Hume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Between Worlds: Iris Murdoch, A. S. Byatt, and Romance 502\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClare Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Popular Romance and its Readers 521\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLynne Pearce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Into the Twenty-first Century 539\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCorinne Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 542\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407899763031,"sku":"9781405167277","price":40.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405167277.jpg?v=1730500896","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-romance-9781405167277","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}