Women writers and the hero of romance / Judith Wilt.
Women Writers and the Hero of Romance studies the nature of the hero and his meaning for the female seeker, or quester, in romance fiction from Wuthering Heights to Fifty Shades of Grey. The book includes chapters on Wuthering Heights, Middlemarch, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Sheik, and the novels of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Summary: | Women Writers and the Hero of Romance studies the nature of the hero and his meaning for the female seeker, or quester, in romance fiction from Wuthering Heights to Fifty Shades of Grey. The book includes chapters on Wuthering Heights, Middlemarch, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Sheik, and the novels of Ayn Rand and Dorothy Dunnett. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 228 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137426970 1137426977 |