Women Writers and the Hero of Romance

By Judith Wilt

Book Overview

Women Writers and the Hero of Romance studies the nature of the hero and his meaning for the female seeker, or quester, in romance fiction from Wuthering Heights to Fifty Shades of Grey. The book includes chapters on Wuthering Heights, Middlemarch, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Sheik, and the novels of Ayn Rand and Dorothy Dunnett.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349490970
• ISBN13: 9781349490974
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"