Romancing the Past: History, Love, and Genre in Vincent Ward’s River Queen
Theorists tend to conceive the role of narrative in historiography as emplotment (Hayden White), giving “direction” to readers’ thoughts by its generic choices. This paper argues that in such contexts genre is often hybrid, coupled with other genres or even divided internally. A case in point is the...
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International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR)
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Popular Romance Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jprstudies.org/2011/12/romancing-the-past-history-love-and-genre-in-vincent-ward%e2%80%99s-river-queen-by-roger-nicholson/ |