Dangerous men & adventurous women : romance writers on the appeal of the romance

Krentz, Jayne Ann. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0812231929 (cloth)
ISBN: 0812214110 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xi, 186 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1992.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Jayne Ann Krentz -- Setting the Stage: Facts and Figures / Cathie Linz -- Beneath the Surface: The Hidden Codes of Romance / Linda Barlow and Jayne Ann Krentz -- Androgynous Reader: Point of View in the Romance / Laura Kinsale -- Androgynous Writer: Another View of Point of View / Linda Barlow -- Romance and the Empowerment of Women / Susan Elizabeth Phillips -- Sweet Subversions / Daphne Clair -- Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know: The Hero as Challenge / Doreen Owens Malek -- Mean, Moody, and Magnificent: The Hero in Romance Literature / Robyn Donald -- Legends of Seductive Elegance / Anne Stuart -- Love Conquers All: The Warrior Hero and the Affirmation of Love / Elizabeth Lowell -- Welcome to the Dark Side / Mary Jo Putney -- Trying to Tame the Romance: Critics and Correctness / Jayne Ann Krentz -- Loved I Not Honor More: The Virginal Heroine in Romance / Doreen Owens Malek -- Making a Choice: Virginity in the Romance / Brittany Young -- By Honor Bound: The Heroine as Hero / Penelope Williamson -- Women Do / Judith Arnold -- Moments of Power / Stella Cameron -- Risk of Seduction and the Seduction of Risk / Sandra Brown -- Happily Ever After: The Ending as Beginning / Suzanne Simmons Guntrum -- Let Me Tell You About My Readers / Diana Palmer -- Judge Me by the Joy I Bring / Kathleen Gilles Seidel.