Phyllis M. Betz

Lesbian Romance Novels

A History and Critical Analysis

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Produktbeschreibung

This critical analysis of the popular romance novel genre offers an evaluation of the field through the subgenre of the lesbian romance novel. A history of the lesbian romance novel is followed by analyses of both individual works by authors writing in the genre as well as the ways in which lesbian romance novels reflect and transform the techniques of heterosexual romance novels.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780786438365
• ISBN-10: 0786438363
• Artikelnr.: 26573108

Autorenporträt

Phyllis M. Betz is a professor emerita of English from La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She lives in Burlington, New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction: Reading Lesbians Reading Romance     
1. From Stephen Gordon to Molly Bolt     
2. Speaking the Unspeakable     
3. Coding the Erotic     
4. Erotic Achievement     
5. Practicing Romance     
6. Reading Between the Sheets     
Conclusion: Escape Clause     
Chapter Notes     
Works Cited     
Index