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Author:
Wilt, Judith, 1941- author.
Title:
Women writers and the hero of romance / Judith Wilt.
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
vii, 228 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Romance fiction, English--History and criticism.
Romance fiction, American--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Heroes in literature.
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
1137426977
9781137426970
OCLC:
(OCoLC)869526779
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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