RomanceHistoricalLiterary
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Exploring the nature of both the romance genre and the discourse of romantic love from the 17th century to the present day, this book shows how, in the history of literature, lovers have utilised its spark to change not only themselves but also their worlds, through acts of creativity and heroism.
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1 edition- Other · UND · 2007POLITY PRESS · 214 pages · 9780745630052
Love in literatureRomance fictionHistory and criticismRomance literatureLove storiesRomanticismRomance-language fiction