A Companion to Romance

Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This groundbreaking Companion surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages.

• Considers the literary and historical development of the romance genre from its classical origins to the present day
• Incorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance and of romance's special relation to women readers
• Comprises 30 essays written by leading authorities on different periods and sub-genres
• Challenges the idea that the appeal of romance is exclusively escapist
• Draws on a wide range of specific and influential literary examples

A Companion to Romance features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism

A Companion to Romance is available in Paperback, Hardback

A Companion to Romance was written by Corinne J Saunders and published by Wiley Blackwell an imprint of Wiley

A Companion to Romance has 565 pages

Yes it is part of Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture series

£38.66