Longing for Romance. Britosh Historical Romances 1990-2010
Studies in Literature and Culture. Volume 11
Barbara Klonowska
ISBN: 978-83-7702-912-1
Stron: 282
Format: 220 x 205 mm
Rok wydania: 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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