In this work, Kay Mussell and Johanna Tuñón collect essays by contemporary North American romance authors who have come to prominence, directly or indirectly, as a result of the huge change in the field of romance writing which started in the early 1980s. New publishing houses began to compete with Harlequin, and the North American romance novel came into its own as a genre. In their essays on their own work, each of the writers in this volume describes her own take on the romance novel today and how she has adapted the form to accommodate her own voice and concerns. Collectively, these writers have used the romance genre to address a broad range of social issues and problems. Presenting these essays together provides a window into the creativity and originality of some of the best writers in the field.
But the “ open form ” resulting from what Robert M. Adams calls an “ unresolved tension ” between Cervantes's pair " 3 may have provided a suggestive design along with adapted details . Twain himself , we know , greatly approved the ...
Here are more than 1,800 quotations, organized from A-to-Z, from America's consummate author--Mark Twain.
His research into modern religious faith and forms of spirituality is from a psychological and empirical perspective rather than intuitive or spiritual . The other primary male character in the novel is Plucky Purcell , who represents ...
for Palmer , she learns from his sadistic " lessons in manliness " ( II , 143 ) to harden her will and suppress the feminine longing for protection . The narrative moves quickly to Susan's success in overcoming her exploiter .
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Edward Hudlin maintains that the book follows very closely the structure of the heroic myth as outlined by Joseph Campbell ... Carol Pearson and Katherine Pope look at Dorothy's adventures from a mythological and feminist perspective.19 ...
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Chronicles the life and career of American author Herman Melville, uncovering autobiographical elements in his diverse works, discussing the historical and cultural implications of his writing, and assessing his accomplishments as a writer.
At whatever level of consciousness , this was Hurston's method of getting a predominantly white society to try on a different and African American subjectivity , one that appeals to the deepest of mythic archetypes .
KAREN TEI YAMASHITA (1951- ) 1 Robin E. Field ♢ BIOGRAPHY Karen Tei Yamashita, a third-generation Japanese American, ... nation and culture; and in an essay in her recent collection Circle K Cycles, she instead claims the term nikkei, ...