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" Women writers and the hero of romance "
Judith Wilt.
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BL
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726646
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b546378
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Judith Wilt.
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Women writers and the hero of romance\ Judith Wilt.
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[Basingstoke]: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
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1137426985
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: 9781137426987
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Preface: In the Place of a Hero --;1." Wuthering Heights": A Romance of Metaphysical Intent --;2. "Middlemarch": A Romance of Diffusion --;3. Exotic Romance: the Doubled Hero in" The Scarlet Pimpernel" and "The Sheik" --;4. The Hero as Expert: Ayn Rand's Romances of Choice --;5. The Hero in 'Gouvernance': Family Romance in the Novels of Dorothy Dunnett --;Conclusion: Kingdoms of Romance in "Twilight" and "Fifty Shades of Grey."
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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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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Romance fiction -- History and criticism.
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Women novelists.
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PR830.L69J835 2014
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Judith Wilt
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