Romantic Escapes: Post-Millennial Trends in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction
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popular romance fiction
contemporary literature
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Critical perspectives on English and American literature, communication and culture;24
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Romance continues to stand as the most profitable literary genre and the second most read book category. The developments reshaping the conventions and marketing practices of popular fiction, both inside and beyond the books themselves, have affected the romance genre in specific ways that demand critical attention. This book brings together a collection of twelve chapters on postmillennial developments in contemporary popular romance fiction produced in different countries in order to prove how the genre, which has always been sensitive to customer demands and market trends, has continued to evolve accordingly. The chapters focus on how traditional formulae are being reshaped and adapted to meet readers’ expectations and market demands within this thriving transnational industr
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This volume is published as part of the research project “The Politics, Aesthetics and Marketing of Literary Formulae in Popular Women’s Fiction: History, Exoticism and Romance” (FFI2016-75130-P) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO), the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI), and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The editors also acknowledge the support of the University of Oviedo Research Funds in promoting the work of the TRANSLIT Research Group (GR-2014-0002).
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