Women's Fiction 1945-2005: Writing Romance

by Deborah Philips

Book Overview

Organised around each decade of the post war period, this book analyses novels written by and for women from 1945 to the present. Each chapter identifies a specific genre in popular fiction for women which marked that period and provides case studies focusing on writers and texts which enjoyed a wide readership. Despite their popularity, these novels remain largely outside the 'canon' of women's writing, and are often unacknowledged by feminist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826499961
• ISBN13: 9780826499967
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"