Lesbian Romance Novels
A History and Critical Analysis
Phyllis M.
Betz
ISBN
978-0-7864-3836-5
notes, bibliography, index
227pp.
softcover
2009
Available for immediate shipment
Description
This critical analysis of the popular romance novel genre offers an evaluation of the field through the subgenre of the lesbian romance novel. A history of the lesbian romance novel is followed by analyses of both individual works by authors writing in the genre as well as the ways in which lesbian romance novels reflect and transform the techniques of heterosexual romance novels.
About the Author
Phyllis M. Betz is an assistant professor of English at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She lives in Burlington, New Jersey.
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