Romance and Readership in Twentieth-Century France : Love Stories.
Title:
Romance and Readership in Twentieth-Century France : Love Stories.
Author:
Holmes, Diana.
ISBN:
9780191514364
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (163 pages)
Series:
Oxford Studies in Modern European Culture
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction -- 1. A Feminine Genre: Romance and Women -- 2. Passion, Piety, and the New Woman: Romantic Fiction at the Belle Époque -- 3. Reaction and Resistance: Romance in the 1930s and under the Occupation -- 4. Love in a Brave New World: Romance in the 1950s -- 5. Romance after Feminism -- 6. Love in a Postmodern Age: Contemporary Romance in France -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z.
Abstract:
This book traces the history of the romance through the turbulent history of twentieth-century women in France. It offers a compelling analysis not only of the mass-market or popular romance, but also of the bestselling 'middlebrow' novel, and of 'literary' romances by authors including Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, and their contemporary successors.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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