Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: In the place of a hero -- Wuthering Heights: a romance of metaphysical intent -- Middlemarch: a romance of diffusion -- Exotic romance: the doubled hero in The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Sheik -- The hero as expert: Ayn Rand's Romances of Choice -- The hero in "Gouvernance": family romance in the novels of Dorothy Dunnett -- Conclusion: Kingdoms of romance in Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey.
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