On February 21, 1915, the Chicago Tribune ran an appeal to readers for letters describing their experiences falling in love. With the promise of $1…
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Just over a year ago, the Journal of Popular Romance Studies was approached by an academic publisher interested in adding us to their stable of…
Comments closedBryan and David sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G First comes love, then comes inability to marry Then comes a stranger and an invasive medical procedure…
Comments closedPiratical Pleasures: Female Dominance and Children’s Literature as Romance in ABC’s Once Upon a Time
In an early episode of ABC’s Once Upon a Time,[2] Snow White, Cinderella, and Red Riding Hood walk into a bar. Red is on the…
Comments closed‘…the vampire is a queer figure because it is disruptive; the vampire breaks down categories, transgresses boundaries, and upsets the very premises upon which systems…
Comments closedUntamed by Anna Cowan was one of the most keenly anticipated and polarising historical romances of 2013. A debut novel from an Australian author, it…
Comments closedThey had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their…
Comments closedIn 1997, Kay Mussell called upon scholars of popular romance “to incorporate analysis of lesbian and gay romances into our mostly heterosexual models” (12). Today,…
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