TY - BOOK AU - Kamble,Jayashree AU - Selinger,Eric Murphy AU - Teo,Hsu-Ming TI - The Routledge research companion to popular romance fiction SN - 9781317041948 AV - PN3448.L67 R68 2021eb U1 - 809.3/85 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Romance fiction KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - bisacsh N2 - Popular romance fiction constitutes the largest segment of the global book market. Bringing together an international group of scholars, The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction offers a ground-breaking exploration ofthis global genre and its remarkable readership. In recognition of the diversity of the form, the Companion provides a history of the genre, an overview of disciplinary approaches to studying romance fiction, and critical analyses of important subgenres, themes, and topics. It also highlights new and understudied avenues of inquiry for future research in this vibrant and still-emerging field. The first systematic, comprehensive resource on romance fiction, this Companion will be invaluable to students and scholars, and accessible to romance readers UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315613468 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -