Historical Romance Fiction: Heterosexuality and Performativity

By Lisa Fletcher

Lisa Fletcher moves the debate about the value and appeal of heterosexual romance onto new ground, testing the claims of speech-act and performativity theorists on everything from popular classics by Georgette Heyer, to 'bodice rippers, ' to historical fiction by John Fowles and A. S. Byatt. Nominating 'I love you' as the romance novel's defining speech act, Fletcher offers a lively mix of theoretical arguments and suggestive close readings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754662020
• ISBN13: 9780754662020
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"