The Romantic Fiction Of Mills & Boon, 1909-1995

Analyzes romantic fiction and its depiction of women within its historical context and as part of the history of ideas about women. This volume discusses such areas as: early years - class and wealth; and the twenties - sex and violence.

jay Dixon

Introduction: Mills & Boon have a happy knack of discovering the popular author; Chapter 1 A Short History of Mills & Boon - A very profitable small firm; Chapter 2 Reader, Author, Editor - Many hours of pleasant reading; Chapter 3 1910s - Society and Exotic, City and Country; Chapter 4 Hero - You brought me to life; Chapter 5 Heroine - Mirror Image; Chapter 6 War and Aftermath - You give me redemption; Chapter 7 Work - The smothering of the creative spark ... could he a sort of murder; Chapter 8 Sex - We got all the damned foreplay over with months ago; Chapter 9 Love and Marriage - Harbour of desire; Chapter 10 Feminism - I'm not a feminist, but ...;