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Collects essays by contemporary North American romance authors, each with her own 'take' on the romance novel today.

?Teachers and students of Popular Culture, Women's Studies, and American Studies will find that Kay Mussell's scholarly discussion of contemporary woman's romance fiction provides a systematic exploration of an underscrutinized but significant genre. Mussell's book makes several specific contributions, 1) It seeks reasons for the popular genre's persistent appeal despite changing cultural options for women, and it does so against a background ...

?Anyone who has ever tried to assist a patron doing research in this field will welcome this bibliographic essay. Over 500 items are analyzed, from books and periodical articles to unpublished manuscripts and films, from Walpole to Barbara Cartland, from scholarly journals to Time magazine. . . . Most libraries will want and use this book. It is very good.?-Library Journal