Longing for Romance. Britosh Historical Romances 1990-2010
Barbara Klonowska
| Dane szczegółowe: | |
| Wydawca: | Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski, KUL |
| Rok wyd.: | 2014 |
| Oprawa: | miękka |
| Ilość stron: | 282 s. |
| Wymiar: | 220x205 mm |
| EAN: | 9788377029121 |
| ISBN: | 978-83-7702-912-1 |
| Data: | 2014-12-15 |
Opis książki:
Książka opisuje brytyjskie romanse historyczne, które powstały w latach 1990-2010.
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Spis treści:
Introduction
Chapter One - Romance in/and History
Introduction
Romance in history, history in romance
Historical romance
Romancing history
Conclusions
Chapter Two - Historical Fabulations
Introduction
Plot construction
Closure and conclusion
Narrative forms
Generic mixing
Conclusions
Chapter Three - Historical Adventures
Introduction
Romance par excellence: Lemprière s Dictionary
Romance reconfigured: The Pope s Rhinoceros
The romance of history/history as romance: In the Shape of a Boar
A double romance: John Saturnall s Feast
Conclusions
Chapter Four - Historical Melodramas
Introduction
Classical melodrama: Captain Corelli s Mandolin
The melodrama of history: Birds without Wings
The melodrama of war: Birdsong
The melodrama of love: The Girl at the Lion D Or
Conclusions
Chapter Five - Historical Love Stories
Introduction
Overcoming trauma: Charlotte Gray
Overcoming failure: Snowleg
Overcoming terror(ism): Eureka Street
Conclusions
Chapter Six - Coda: New Adventures of the Historical Romance
Introduction
Aesthetic mainstreaming: the historical romance on screen
Inconvenient/complex history
The sexual matrix
Emotional (un)ambivalence
The challenging (of ) romance
Celebrating queerness
Class struggle
Queering history
Conclusions
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index