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Romance and readership in twentieth century France [electronic resource] / Diana Holmes.

By: Holmes, Diana, 1949-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Oxford studies in modern European culture: Publisher: London : New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: 154 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism | French fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Romance fiction -- France -- History and criticism | Books and reading -- France -- History -- 20th century | Books and reading -- France -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 843/.085 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
A feminine genre, romance and women -- Passion, piety, and the new woman: romantic fiction at the Belle Epoque -- Reaction and resistance, romance in the 1930's and under the Occupation -- Love in a brave new world, romance in the 1950's -- Romance after feminism -- Love in a postmodern age, contemporary romance in France.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-151) and index.

A feminine genre, romance and women -- Passion, piety, and the new woman: romantic fiction at the Belle Epoque -- Reaction and resistance, romance in the 1930's and under the Occupation -- Love in a brave new world, romance in the 1950's -- Romance after feminism -- Love in a postmodern age, contemporary romance in France.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.